Author/Poet Frederick Joseph has written an incredible poetic justice piece on gun violence and the irony of one of its latest victims.
I did not know of this latest gun victim's advocacy for preserving the second amendment. He is quoted as saying, "Gun deaths are an unfortunate but acceptable cost of preserving Second Amendment rights."
Unfortunately, a gun has now claimed the life of one who had gone to great lengths to defend its place in society.
The piece written about this man's tragic end by senseless gun violence kind of reminds me of that James Brown "King Heroin" song, where Heroin is talking, telling the masses who he is and what he is capable of. It's a warning to stay off drugs.
What better warning to society about gun violence than to hear a cold, unempathetic firearm cheer on the violence and destructive nature it spreads in society. It seems, by its own confession, that the gun seeks out advocates who praise it as the instrument of "victory by obliteration."
I am not an advocate for violence of any kind. I try my darndest to not harbor hate in my heart towards anyone or any living thing. I am a believer in an Almighty God; therefore, I pray for all victims of violence as well as those advocating violence. I pray God will enter the hearts of all mankind, especially impressionable youth who are looking for direction, and guide them toward accepting all mankind (love) and uplifting our human condition through new, innovative means.
I pray we as a civilization might finally bury the prejudices that come with divisive ethnic, national and tribal-like supremacy theories. Old hatreds, greed and violence are hard addictions to overcome, but we must learn and strive to be better than those who came before us. Or, as the old saying goes, "those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." - George Santayana
Our fight should be against disease, hunger, natural disasters and such. We should try preserving the good advancements of mankind while doing away with the bad inheritance of hate. The ruins of civilizations past, due to mankind warring with one another are reminders of the destructive nature of violence. It is not the world that man's destructive behavior will destroy, only the people in it.
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