I am pissed, every year we have some sort of mass shooting in this country and what is to blame. Some will say it is mental health but it come down to our gun laws. No first off understand I am a hunter and I understand what a gun is for it only has one purpose and that is to kill. I have used my 308, 410 and 44 magnum for hunting to feed my family in Rural Alaska. I am in support of guns for hunting but you do not need a machine gun for hunting. Come on you put to many bullets in to the body there is no meat left for you to eat. It is BULLSHIT. The NRA has to much control over the 2nd amendment it is a monopoly and we are guaranteed by the constitution to not have Monopolies in this country.
I have had students bring weapons to school but they were used for hunting after school. Save for on incident when a student came in drunk and threatened to kill himself and come back and kill every one else in the school. I told him as long as it was done in that order it was fine with me. After his Uppa knocked him unconscious we loaded him to the schools truck and took him the village jail. Although it is kind of funny it's not had he access to a weapon he would have use it.
Schools today have police officers in them that they pay for taking money from the students. A church I visited had an armed security guard. what is a safe place anymore when you can't feel safe at school or church then you lock yourself inside you house and isolate yourself. Students will prefer to stay at home and learn online missing out on the social interactions of the school setting.
I am an advocate for gun control in the USA. We have to have some limits on who can own a firearm. If you think that everyone should be armed including teachers than you are sadly mistaken. I don't care who you are that is a stupid and provable idea. Trust me not all teachers are normal.
I left teaching in AK because every year I lost at least one kid to suicide the last thing I would want to see in some kid coming back and shooting up the classroom. My PTSD is already fucked up from losing to many kids that were close to me. Ask any teacher and they will tell you how close they are to their kids. In the rural villages these kids are in your home at dinner or in a Maqee (a steam house) Yes you get naked in a steam with some students, it is a different world out there. We had one of the first school shootings in 1996 in Bethel were a student came to school and shot the principal dead. Now if you are from Alaska you understand Bethel and the problems with alcohol plus they had two gangs the dickies and the carhartts go figure. Life in AK is a lot like the old west that is why I would never deny a hunter for his gun, they need to feed themselves and their kin.
Now is gun control the final answer, no it is not we need better health care in this nation especially when it comes to mental health. While I was teaching in Galena most of the people were put on Paxil due to the long nights during the winter, it's depressing. While in Barrow the northern most town in America I was on anti-depressant for the 24 hours of darkness. Yes I was there when "30 days of darkness," was released and I didn't see any Vampires.
The long and short of it is this, kids are getting hold of automatic weapons and we need to stop it. Not just automatic weapons but each year some teen is killed by fooling around with a gun in their house or a friends. If we love our kids and want them to be safe and if you are a hunter be sure to school your kids on the proper use and cleaning of the weapon and take them out with you so they understand the consequences of their actions with a firearm.
With that said I will leave you in peace. My view might not be popular but I guarantee it is the truth. Feel free to differ with me but don't be surprised my response.. Much love and songs to you all my friends I hope to hear you are well and your opinions.
GordyC
