Why all of the School shootings?

Well, I came home today and saw that yet another school shooting happened.

This time a High school in Oregon.

I want to make a note:

I am in NO WAY making light heart of this situation. Violent crimes are senseless acts that should never happen. My heart and prayers go out to the students and their families.

Now with that being said, when these things happen, there's one thing that happens when these tragedies happen. I'm not going to go on just emotion, but patterns and facts.

Politicians, celebrities, and a few of my Facebook friends call for more gun control.

I saw a couple of my friends posted about how we needed more gun control after this shooting and the shooting that happened out in California.

Only here's the thing. The places where these shootings happened have some of the strictest gun laws in the country.

California is recorded of having the strictest gun control laws in the entire county.

All of the schools that these senseless acts happen are in Gun Fee zones.

The shooter of the Oregon school was 14 years old. It's illegal for anyone in any state under the age of 18 to own or obtain a fire arm.

The Sandy Hook shooter stabbed his mother to death then grabbed the key that went to her locked gun locker which she had jumped through background checks and all to obtain.

So if gun control is supposed to stop mass shootings, then why doesn't it?

Why do we protect our children with a sign that says "Gun free zone"?

Now, I admit, that I support the idea that if a teacher is trained and licensed to carry a gun, then they should be allowed to. Not everyone is for this. I get that. But why not at least have one armed security guard on duty at all times?

When I was a student in Technical College, we had an on duty officer stand front of the school at all times.

And I want to be clear. My college was not a mass campus. It was in the store front of an old food Lion. Probably 12 class rooms IF that. Never had a shooting or even a thievery when they were there.

So, is gun control counterproductive?

Well, According to a Harvard study...Yes!

The link to that study is here:

http://theacru.org/acru/harvard_study_gun_control_is_counterproductive/

So, why do we have so many school shootings if it's not because we don't have too many guns?

Well, my personal opinion is many things. But the core of all these are the shooters and their psyches.

WHY do so many young men (Yes, because the majority of these shootings, and ALL violent crime offenders are male. Less than 1% of violent crime offenders are female) feel the need to shoot up everyone in their schools?

I would be lying if I didn't point the finger at our school system in this country. When I was in Middle school, had I not removed myself from the situation and found a way out of my deep, spiraling depression through my faith, I probably could have become one of these kids.

I would go to my teachers and school counselors, tell them about how so many of my fellow students were making my life a living hell, and all they would tell me was to ignore them.

They would even ask me "Did they touch you?"

I would reply "No".

Then they would say "Well, there's nothing really we can do about it."

What was happening to these kids up until the shooting?

2. I would also say, to want to kill someone, not figuratively, not in your head, but to actually want to physically take someone's life, there is a mental issue there.

And trust me, I have seen what our society and our medical community does to people with mental health. When they have an episode, we stabilize them then it's just out back on the streets.

A close friend of mine has schizophrenia. He put HIMSELF on the national list to make sure no one EVER sells him a fire arm.

So do I agree we need to make sure someone with mental illness does not get a gun? Yes, but again, as my of my fellow pro second amenders state, NOT EVERYONE FOLLOWS THE LAW!!

I think a lot of issues are put into play with these situations.

Do I think we should get rid of every gun law? No. I don't mind taking a background check, despite my fellow Libertarians might have major issues.

What I mind is people trying to find a scape goat instead of looking at the real issues.

Guns are not the problem. People are. Now what are we going to do about that problem?

Are we actually going to look after each other? Make sure the people who need mental health get it?

Or to we unarm many law abiding citizens just to be "safer".

Trust me; taking my guns away isn't going to help. The black market has plenty if you have the cash.

I want to also note:  I don't trust a Government that wants to make it harder for law abiding citizens to purchase a gun but GLADLY give them to the drug cartels and other international assemblies.