Yesterday there was a shooting in the complex where we live. IT WAS NOT A STAGED EVENT! I want to make that clear. There are so many events where we see what looks like people shot and the next day we see video clips of them in a trailer afterward talking on the phone like nothing happened. Because nothing happened. This is a shame that these events are used to justify gun control.
Anyway, this wasn’t one of those. There were two officers shoot and released to their families to recover. The tenant was taken to Toledo Ohio for surgery. He is secured by law enforcement. Where did this start? How did it escalate to the point the tenant actually thought it was okay to shoot human beings? I can answer the first question easy. The tenant has been a pain in the butt to maintenance employees. This happened to be the day when pest control was scheduled to come out and spray. The tenant didn’t want the guy from pest control in his apartment. The tenant threatened the maintenance guy. The maintenance guy called the police finally. Once the police got here things went downhill fast. I am used to police being here. I don’t even bat an eye when they arrive.
Yesterday was different because it ended in a shooting. The tenant opened fire on two officers hitting them in the leg. They returned fire hitting him three places from what I was told. The second question isn’t so easy to answer. We have a society where we have devalued life to the point that not thinks twice about assaulting someone who is clearly handicapped. In large cities there are abortion clinics on about every block. And we are allowed to do a post-birth abortion in some states. So it shouldn’t be a surprise that people think it’s acceptable to shoot at other human beings. Mass shootings are used to push agendas for gun control and to overturn laws like what Oklahoma just passed a Constitutional Carry law which allows the residents to carry as the second amendment intended.
The question should be, do we have Red Flag Laws or do we have people management. I say the second. Granted there are so many people who carry and never fire a gun at anyone ever in their lives. Why punish them? Why should you get to decide if I carry or not? I haven’t committed a crime. I don’t have a serious mental illness. People with serious mental illness are a bigger danger to themselves than anyone. There are some people who shouldn’t be among the population. They are a danger to everyone. I get that. The Red Flag Laws right now are too vague to used properly. Tighten them up and then use them where and when needed.
So, what do you think? What is the answer? Do we trash the second amendment or not? I look forward to your answers. Let’s start a conversation. I am going to take a couple of days to just process what happened right across the parking lot from me. Seriously, I can look out my living room window and see everything.
https://youtu.be/o20JYnQA1f8
References:
Michigan State Police Lt. Brian Oleksyk speaks after 2 Monroe officials shot by apartment tenant
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNaSZncsxKs
Two police officers shot at in City of Monroe
https://www.monroenews.com/news/20191119/two-police-officers-shot-at-in-city-of-monroe
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