The Insanity of it All

Not being a U.S. citizen, I've frequently been told by people online that I have no way of understanding what their holy Second Amendment means to them.

It's true. I don't.

I can't understand why so many believe that 2A is seen to be more important than the First, or even the entire Constitution.  I can't understand why so many insist that they have the right to bear any firearm of their choice despite the risks that go along with them.  I can't understand why so many shrug their shoulders and accept the increasing annual tally of gun deaths as acceptable losses for their "rights".

"What if the government turns tyrannical and comes to take our guns away?!" they cry.

Remember what happened in Waco TX in 1993?  A few guns can't stop a tank.

Over the past year, there has been a mass shooting in the United States almost EVERY SINGLE DAY.

The overall death toll from gun violence has been more than what would be expected of a war zone.

Perhaps the U.S. is at still at war, but it's at war with itself.  Too many people are needlessly afraid of having their guns taken, their rights abridged, their families endangered... Where have we heard this before?

A quick perusal of recent news:

- A Texas woman shoots at a puppy running loose and accidentally hits her son.
- An Alabama man had his gun taken away after a domestic abuse incident.  The gun is returned to him, and he promptly shoots and kills his wife.
- A toddler grabs a loaded pistol from his mother's purse and accidentally shoots his sister.
- Two runaway teens break into a home, grab some improperly secured guns, and get into a shootout with police.

When will it stop?

It could have been mitigated after twenty kindergarteners were massacred in 2012.  But it wasn't.

At least Canada learned its lesson when fourteen young women were murdered in their university classroom in 1989.

The United States hasn't learned that lesson because it's not willing to learn it.  I doubt it ever will.  Even after an armed mob crashed its democratically elected seat of government, still there are those who insist that it was business as usual.

None of it seems to matter.  What's the definition of insanity again?