Culture of Violence

After watching Bowling for Columbine, it really got me thinking about the type of culture America portrays. We love our weapons. O boy do we love em'. Get er' done! It is a constitutional right to "bear arms", yet it has gotten out of control. The right to bear arms is never going to go completely away, but there is a HUGE problem when people can open a savings account and get a free gun. It's a HUGE problem when people are forming their own militias to shoot M16 together. It's a HUGE problem when the general public blames others for their own mistakes. Columbine was a tragedy, and the fact that everyone blamed someone else and very little changed, that's a tragedy. Gun control in our country is too lax. Compared to other 1st world countries (MDC's), we have 100 times more deaths by gun than any other leading industrialized nation. This is an epidemic. Yes, it is our right to own a gun, and Yes most people who own guns are law abiding citizens that own a gun properly, but it's always about that small percentage who doesn't own a gun responsibly. By selling and putting more guns on the streets is only emphasizing the never ending cycle of violence. Further, there are many people that own assault rifles. They claim, "It's properly locked away", but it's always about that person that you would never think to use the gun. Prime example, 6 year old nephew shoots up 1st grade classmate. Furthermore, everyone blames someone different, O it must be the media, O it must be our administration, O it must be Marilyn Manson. However, it is not one source and has to be addressed as a complicated issue. To start the government cannot punish the NRA for hosting rallies at recently affected areas, but they have to show some decency. Also, new gun control laws need to be in place, the current gun control laws were created post Vietnam era and do not apply to the new "more violent" society. Assault rifles cannot be allowed on the streets under any circumstances. Finally, guns cannot be considered prize possessions, they must be seen for what they are, they are killing machines that are used in war, and are used as self-defense in the ultimate last moment. All religions, people, ethnicity's believe in the value of human life. So.... how bout' let's change the world. We can't save that six year old, and those innocent bystanders that were killed in Littleton, CO; however, we can save that 10 year old that will accidentally stumble on his fathers gun and play around with it, we can save that future school shooting, and we can save countless lives through more gun control, and just common sense!