Since another friend of mine, a very intelligent blogger, brought up another issue relating to our civil liberties, I simply wanted to augment on her thought about guns and parents' reactions to violence in TV shows when they are watching these shows with their kids. First of all, I want you to know where I stand with regard to gun control. I am in favor of getting rid of ALL guns, if it is possible. But I realize that it isn't possible. So when our civil liberties are taken away, I have a problem with it. It has to be uniform or else, don't take my liberty away if the rich and influential people will enjoy a certain right that is taken away from me! With the issue about guns or gun control and violence on TV relating to having access to guns, I don't think that I have to worry about it. The National Rifle Association is the single most powerful non-profit organization in our country. It bases its political activity on the principle that gun ownership is a civil liberty protected by the 2nd Amendment of our Bill of Rights. It has over four million members, who are mostly very rich and highly politically influential people, who control the puppets in our Congress.
For me, it is truly an issue when children started shooting each other and killing each other because guns are so accessible. It is a critical issue when children go rampantly shooting teachers and other students in schools! How safe can we be? There is no safe place to go. You go to the university to learn, and you end up being dead that day. How many universities, colleges, and high schools have we had lately that have been involved in this -- Columbine, Virginia Tech, UC Davis, Northeastern University, and four other schools in San Diego? It's all because media's impact is so great on having the right of citizens to be free to own guns whether they are going to use it or not. Or, whether the gun is for self-defense or for hunting. Gun control is something that they said we have to leave alone. But blogger friend, RFM, really raised a very good point for all of us to ponder on -- parents will fast forward television shows in order to avoid kissing scenes on television because sex is such a taboo but approves violence on TV that involves guns! It is ironic that the longer we go on like this as a society the more young people end up being dead or end up being criminals killing countless lives when firearms are easily accessible! Just like freedom on pornography (not erotica), it is about time for Americans to look into violence against women and this so-called right to bear arms, which also leads to violence. Aren't we all tired of it?
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I did say that and thank you for expanding on my thoughts. I just feel that there is something wrong when our kids cannot be exposed to anything remotely sexual or loving and that is blasphemy. But from a young age we give our kids toy guns and let them watch terminator and become desensitized to violence in all kinds of ways yet god forbid our children watch Jack paint a naked Rose on the titanic or people kissing, completely natural beautiful things that we teach our children are wrong. Yes it might be unfortunate if our children have sex at a young age, but if they are gonna do it, they're gonna do it no matter what they see. The problem is our children killing and hurting at a young age.
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