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April 16th, 2007 I posted this:

It is written in the U.S. constitution that all have rights to bear arms, so why can’t this be changed? Sure, the founding fathers had some great ideas, but they lived in a different time. Isn’t it time for change? Isn’t it possible to adapt as times change? Whether you are leading a nation or a religion, you cannot live by rules and guidelines set 200 years ago just as much as you can’t by rules or guidelines set 2000 years ago. Times change!

If people have a hobby with guns, that is fine, but why can’t the gun clubs hold the guns with the paper targets, rather than letting people take their guns home? Why are people allowed handguns? Why are people allowed assault rifles? Surely the only reason for that type of gun (outside a gun club where you’re shooting paper targets) is to shoot people? The only people I can understand having guns are perhaps farmers, rangers or other workers who have to control (at times) dangerous animals.

Today, over twenty people were killed at a college in Virginia. Is it time for a change? Is it time to make finding a gun more difficult? A person who goes crazy with a knife could cause plenty of damage, but they could be overpowered… It is very hard to overpower a bullet.

I’d just like to say something very similar today:

It is written in the U.S. constitution that all have rights to bear arms, so why can’t this be changed? Sure, the founding fathers had some great ideas, but they lived in a different time. Isn’t it time for change? Isn’t it possible to adapt as times change? Whether you are leading a nation or a religion, you cannot live by rules and guidelines set 200 years ago just as much as you can’t by rules or guidelines set 2000 years ago. Times change!

If people have a hobby with guns, that is fine, but why can’t the gun clubs hold the guns with the paper targets, rather than letting people take their guns home? Why are people allowed handguns? Why are people allowed assault rifles? Surely the only reason for that type of gun (outside a gun club where you’re shooting paper targets) is to shoot people? The only people I can understand having guns are perhaps farmers, rangers or other workers who have to control (at times) dangerous animals.

Today, a gunman opened fire at a college where my friends Rick and Becky work and learn. This comes a matter of days after five women were gunned down in a local mall over a matter of $200. Is it time for a change? Is it time to make finding a gun more difficult? A person who goes crazy with a knife could cause plenty of damage, but they could be overpowered… It is very hard to overpower a bullet.