I'm liberal, except with guns

Why is it that people always point the finger at a gun used in a crime? no one seems to look at the person that did it. they need a scapegoat. it was the video games. it was the child hood. it was the gun or other weapons he used. no. it was a crazy person, who happened to use these items. had he used a nail gun to kill people would they ban those? i doubt it. had he used a water gun with chemicals in it would they ban a water gun? i doubt it. the fact is the PERSON is to blame. not the gun. not the victims. not the companies that sold the weapons. it lies completely on the person. crimes will be committed by criminals. thus their name. Most people drive half way decent, therefore they are allowed to drive even tho some people are morons and shouldn't be allowed to drive ever. MOST gun owners are very careful, very serious, and very well trained on their respective weapons. We all can see how well banning narcotics is going, they aren't on the streets at all. making drugs illegal has worked very well........oh wait that's right. we are the highest consuming nation of illegal drugs. hmm, guess regulation of those items didn't keep them off the streets. what makes people feel that stricter gun laws will do anything. all they do is make these shootings easier for the criminals. Allow the innocent people to have no defense while the criminals have the assault riffles. States such as California that don't allow you to carry a weapon that is loaded have completely distracted the people from the fact that they have taken away their second amendment. A gun with no ammo in it is about as useful as a billy club. Actually, I take that back. I think a billy club would be better. It's sick that we, as Americans, can sit back and watch tragedies brain wash us to think gun control laws need to be stricter. I guess my point is that people will do bad things because they are a bad person, not because of the tools they used. If they can't do it one way, they will find another. Let's not let tragedies such as the theatre shooting in Aurora, CO place a veil over our eyes and hide the facts from the propaganda.

The fourth

So we are approaching our nation's birthday which oddly has me wondering a few things. Why do we use fireworks? And why do we have parades? Why do we cook out? I'm guessing the fireworks may represent the war we fought for our freedom but it's still kind of a strange thing to celebrate with nonetheless. The parade I suppose could be to honor the people who fought (and are still fighting) for our freedom. Cooking our brings us together ith people we care about and hold dear to our heart. These may be some answers be I still feel that they are odd rituals if you look at it from the outside. I've never really thought about these things too much, most likely due to the fact that I, like most Americans, am too wrapped up in these events to think about it. Just a little bit of food for thought.

Travel

So excited about my upcoming trip to Colorado. Not only do I get to see family I haven't seen in quite awhile, I will be adding to the states I have traveled to. This is also my first trip by myself that was paid for by me. Air travel is too expensive but I decided to bite the bullet and deal with it. I figured I could suffer the financial tightrope for this trip seeing as it may be one of the last times I get to see my grandma. Also, I'd rather hurt financially a bit than regret not taking the trip. Sometimes you have to give up on the things that make you comfortable in order to make yourself happy. What's the point of living a boring pointless existence just because it's comfortable? Anyways, I just thought I'd get my excitement out of my system. I can't wait to be able to take lots of pics and catch up with the family! :-)

no more classes

Well i know its been awhile since i posted last on this blog but i am still alive to the 0 people that actually read this. I am currently in my last class of the semester, woo hoo, and now i just have to make it through finals. the weekend will be busy tho cuz of work but o well, thats life.

Spring Break

So I flew out to Arizona for Spring Break. It was nice to be able to sit outside and enjoy the nice weather. The stars are out at night, very vivid and bright and the sun is shinning bright during the day and its warm and nice out. Its a nice change to the gray skies and cold nasty weather back home :-(.

My New Mac

Well today.....well technically yesterday......i recieved my new macbook. Now to many people this isnt really that big of a deal, but to me it is a sense of freedom. i now have a computer that isnt attached to the walls of my room. i can say what i want when i want to and thats all there is to it. This has allowed me to open up my thought to the whole world (or at least i would like to think of it that way) which is all i asked for. I know not many people, if any, will read this but that fact that there is a possibility that someone will stumble across it makes me happy.

Shootings; Why?

I don't understand how anyone could ever bring a gun or any other weapon to school and kill anyone, especially innocent people that you don't even know. I know they must be psychotic but I don't know why they would do such a thing despite their mental capacity. VT, NIU, and even columbine have been some of the worst school shootings in the U.S., if not the rest of the world. Is there enough security? Well, I don't think that any amount of security will ever make any place safe from desperate and stubborn people. We can do everything that is humanly possible to prevent these kinds of things, but you know what, they will still happen. Unfortunately the world is designed to keep producing these insane people and for some reason they are able to get their hands on weapons and use them to take innocent people's lives. Will there ever be any where you can go and not be around violence? School should be one of those places, free of fear and free of violence. Your only worries should be homework and finals. All I'm saying is that our society needs some reformation and something needs to be done.