Lots of positives in time since last post. Success and such in many area's. General happiness meter is near a 9 out of 10.
But the negatives not directly impacting me but out there are....just there or rather everywhere.
Gun Control needs real discussion, and not just online discussion or posting meme's on Facebook/Twitter.
Fact 1 - As of 2017 the estimate was 390M Guns in America with 340M American's. With 33% Gun Ownership when you move to households it moves to 44% estimated have guns in there house. I actually think it is higher but who knows.
Fact 2 - Another fairly large percentage who don't own a gun currently would potentially own one again.
Fact 3 - Most crimes with guns are either pistols or not reported (60% vs 20%).
Fact 4 - One May 2017 there were 2 Million legal/tracked gun sales in the US. Say 20M a year. How many non-tracked/personal/illegal gun sales/transfers happen a year?
Conjecture 1 - Outlawing things never really works. War on Drugs? Can you imagine what a war on guns would look like? Outlawing firearms and getting them collected would be...near impossible.
Conjecture 2 - More guns makes people safer......Sure....right look at number of mass shootings since gun sales boomed.
Conjecture 3 - There are many legal uses of guns as outdoors people, hunting, target/sport shooting, and defending your home. A constitutional change to modify the Second in todays environment? Want to see a HUGE spike in Uber Conservative Republicans or even Conservative Democrats, etc?
Conjecture 4 - State level control in the short term is the most likely approach but rural/conservative states will skip so this is where in a normal situation the Federal Government should set standards.
Conjecture 5 - Licensing just like a car, you need a license to operate and own. Cheap license, High Training Requirements. Background check, Health Check, Etc.
Conjecture 6 -
Hate has also become the norm - I hate PersonA and would kill this person. Even said jokingly or non-seriously. Kids here it and they don't get that subtlety. It permeates them over time that someone you don't get along with or don't like, you hate. Hate is easy. That's part of the whole thing about Light Side vs Dark Side. Such an easy slope. Dislike things, explain why you don't like/approve/etc. Save hatred for true evil. Hate on things not on people generally. People fear different and want to have things like themselves. But until you put a face on what you fear and discover it's human it's so easy to hate things. Hate things that aren't fair. Hate on practices that are evil. Hate on ignorance, not the ignorant, though those willfully ignorant....
This is more just to purge the stuff in my head and make room for what might be a useful idea or suggestion even.
