We're Getting Used To It...

The shooting in Omaha, Nebraska a few days ago has certainly been heart-breaking to me. But, what is more disturbing to me is that I'm not surprised.

And I'm getting used to it.

The Columbine High School shooting in Colorado comes to my mind as the first "big one" during my life.

In 1927, there was the Bath School disaster in Bath, Michigan, which was carried out by the use of dynamite.

Then in 1966, the University of Texas massacre.

And of course, Virginia Tech in 2007.

I've written on guns before and how my elderly father was training my elderly mother in the use of a 20-Gauge shotgun.

And yes, I know, I know, Mr. and Mrs. NRA, I know...guns all by themselves don't kill people, but they certainly make it easier. And you know what? Bombs all by themselves don't kill people either, so why don't we expand the market, huh? HUH?

WHERE'S THE FUCKING NBA??? And I don't mean the one shooting hoops. WHERE'S THE FUCKING NATIONAL BOMB ASSOCIATION??? Huh?

If you gun freaks want to bring it, why don't you BRING IT?? Stop pussy-footing around and BRING IT, CHUMPS! Why don't you put your measly little guns down and just BLOW everything up?

And Charleton Heston can suck my cold, dead balls.

In the military, I was trained as an expert in the 9mm pistol, the M-16 machine gun, the 12-gauge shotgun, the M-60 machine gun and the 50-caliber machine gun.

It didn't make me stronger. It didn't make me cool. It made me able to fire a weapon with extreme accuracy.

It also gave me immense respect for the weapons and their capabilities. And safety was DRILLED into our heads. I don't believe that many other gun owners share that discipline.

There's a vile mentality that guns and owning one, or many, make people tough, strong and capable.

It doesn't. It just means that you own a gun.

And until we begin making it EXTREMELY DIFFICULT for anyone to acquire a gun, we're just going to keep dragging our knuckles through dirt like the thugs we are.

Now granted, violence is celebrated in our society in all forms of art; literature, television, movies, music and video games. And the reasons for the outbreak of such massacres as the ones listed above are many.

And even though I'm getting used to gun-violence in our society, it makes me no less disgusted and heart broken and tired.

So, why make it easy? Just about anyone can practically walk up to a buffet of them,

and pick one up.

We shouldn't be used to this.

And if you noticed that I'm mad?

You're right.

Aren't you?