Ponderings

I thought I should express my thoughts. Seeing the statistics the blogspot offers, I don't have readers (probably some people end up here by accident), but somehow I want to express my thoughts here.

It's about the shooting that took place in Orlando. Senseless, wrong... so wrong... so sad... heartbreaking...

There are so many things I do not understand. The person who performed that horrific crime had pledged allegiance to ISIS, was gay (or frequented that bar often, I'm not certain yet), and they said a democrat... and somehow Republican gun owners, and especially Christians get blamed for that! Now... how? That shooter proclaimed who he was and yet... Christians are blamed... 

That Muslim extremist's actions are Christians' fault... Let's let that sink in a bit. 

Also, somehow this extremist doesn't represent all Muslims (I understand that), but somehow as a gun owner, he represents all gun owners. What? Again, how?

Those who go for gun control... don't they understand that by limiting/removing/damaging the 2nd Amendment is simply a slippery slope to removing all the rights. Where do they think things end? Just controlling gun ownership? No.  

So... owning guns should be made illegal... and that would solve the gun problem? Sure. See, how well it worked with illegal drugs! Drug problem is solved, U.S.A. has no drug addicts, no need for rehabilitation centers, no need for monetary assistance to help those addicted because there are no addicts... Right? 

If someone with a gun had been in that bar... I think that senseless shooting would have had a lot fewer victims... fewer grieving families. 

I personally do not want a gun. They scare me. Just the way I am. But there are things that scare but that doesn't mean they are bad.

The direction our country is taking is scary. Actually the direction it has taken is scary. We have a president who issues orders that are not constitutional, a presidential candidate who is under investigation although the wheels are turning incredibly slow. That same candidate has been endorsed by our current president... now... that only means sped up investigations, right? Right... 

Sad... such a sad time for the Americans and our nation. Where will it end??