Use Your Head for More Than Just a Hat Rack

A Facebook friend of mine posted a meme from some rocket scientist about gun violence. I will quote it exactly as it was written.

"Remember 3000 people died on 911 and not 1 shot was fired. It's NOT a gun issue it's a HATE issue #truth!!!"

In the recent history of stupid shit I have read this has to be somewhere near the top. Is this person that completely empty headed? Think for a minute. Guys with box cutters or other edged weapons hijacked four airplanes and managed to crash three of them into buildings. So, first part is correct. No guns. Hell I will give him fact two. About 3000 people were killed. Okay, throw in hate. Certainly their acts were not driven by love. Seems like I have given them credit for all their claims. What they seem to have failed to consider was what happened in response to the attack on 9-11-2001.

We stopped all flights into, out of and within the United States while we figured out what happened. How did the weapons get on the planes? How were the terrorists trained. We upgraded security in airports, add armed sky marshals to flights, changed the makeup of identification cards used so they are more difficult to fake, passed the Patriot Act to make surveillance easier. We even went to war with a couple of countries who were not directly involved.

So if we applied the same effort when a gun massacre occurs like Las Vegas or Parkland, Florida things would look something like this. Increased and more stringent background checks to buy guns. There would be restrictions on gun magazine capacity. Perhaps restriction on the types of weapons that are available to the general population. Registration of guns and limits on the amount and type of ammunition you could buy. We don't do that and that is my problem with this meme. Sure no guns were used but the reaction to prevent another occurrence was swift and effective.

 Imagine if you will that we had taken the same approach we take with gun violence. Our thoughts and prayers are with the victims and the families of those who were on the flights and in the buildings who were injured and killed. We have laws on the books that need to be enforced but there is no need for additional legislation that limits the rights of the law abiding flying public. The many should not be punished for the actions of a few mentally deranged individuals. Please enjoy your flight and if something unfortunate happens know that you will be in our prayers and it must have been part of God's grand plan.

Would those gun loving ammosexuals accept that as a solution to air traffic safety? I think not. They do expect us to think they have a valid point when they say no guns were used on 9-11. As you can see their argument is just fucking ignorant bullshit.