I try to stay away from Politics as much as possible, but, this one just got to me in the wrong way….. Yes, it was a very sad event….. The taking of a life for no other reason than being bored, but for the President of Australia to blame the incident on our “Lack of Gun Control” is nothing short of severe shortsightedness and stupidity!….. Maybe he should check out the multiple countries where anyone 6 months or older carry firearms and know how to use them?…. Maybe he should consider that you can kill a person with nothing more than a dull pencil if that’s all that’s available?…. If they had made up their mind to kill someone – They didn’t need a gun to do it – They would have found any of hundreds of ways to commit the crime!….. I know it’s an old, old saying, but, Guns do not kill – PEOPLE DO!…. The human mind is capable of some very horrific acts of violence…. I’m sorry, I don’t think us, as American citizens, should be the “Fall Guy” and be classified as Barbaric, insane killers….. I, personally, decided a few years back, that I no longer desired to travel outside of the U.S. for this very reason…. I don’t feel endangered or scared to walk our streets in America…. I feel that we live in one of the safest (if not, the safest) country on the face of the Earth…. So – UP YOURS – Mr. Australian President…. Maybe you should take a deep, long look into corruption and violence in your own country before you start pointing fingers….. What’s that saying, “He who cast the first stone” (something like that)….. I’m removing my “Soapbox and stepping down”….. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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