The Thing about Guns.

The thing about guns...
Anything I ever wanted to try, do, accomplish, learn, achieve, or master, first required I start at the bottom. Be it my first watermelon planting consisting of dropping an entire packet of watermelon seeds into one large outdoor planter and then later on learning why that was not a good idea, to my first bicycle that I rode with only the the left handle bar intact, thus giving me less of a chance to stop before crashing into brick garage wall, my first job; selling custom imprinted Christmas Cards door to door at a way too young age, my first...and only, tennis racquet, my first car, a red white and blue baseball glove that Dad bought for me as a surprise but probably was not the best choice for a glove, In every instance I was using either a hand me down or a very crappy version of the real thing. EVERY...TIME.
So why when it comes to guns suddenly it is any gun at age 18? Everyone one of those who says, "It's criminals that use guns illicitly, not me", why compare oneself to a criminal, that's a pretty low bar comparison in my opinion.
The path to responsible gun ownership can include not allowing anyone out there to buy a gun at age 18.
Just as any veteran of war who slogged through mud and rain in a foreign land, lost a body part, came back to the U.S. with PTSD that may never go away, hearing loss and loss of health; most likely did not go to all that trouble so someone new to the gun game could buy a gun relatively easily and effortlessly and kill others who were unarmed, not up close, hot eye to eye, but by using a scope, soft pull, once per second firing privilege.
Hanging one's hat on, "When guns are taken away from citizens is the first step to Government aggression towards its citizens", is ABSOLUTELY a valid argument to make. The over two dozen mass murders of people by the tens of thousands to well over a million around the world by their own government or a coup government proves that. But that is a far cry from the first time user of a gun who has been given approval to buy or purchase ANY gun.
First time purchasers of a gun should be limited to something that can't be used from a far distance with a scope, nor can rapid fire kill people they never knew or ever looked in the eye. Even the amount of ammo should be limited on a first time purchase.
I also question why someone who owns very little property of value is entitled to a gun at a young age. I also question why it is legal to take guns off of one's property.
So what is the underbelly to today's escalating use of fire arms to kill people they never met, or to mete out revenge against a specific place they had a bad experience with? I think Artificial Intelligence the developing of stronger and stronger drugs, having no complete Border Wall, social media, and a corrupt mainstream media are five significant issues driving more and more public gun use.

I will update this specific post in the near future to explain why Artificial Intelligence, stronger drugs, and no complete Border wall, social media, and a corrupt mainstream media are working hand in hand to escalate drug violence.

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