Oct. 5, 2015 - PPM - Understanding the GRAVITY of the Situation

This week's PET PEEVE MONDAY (PPM) is the immediate OVER REACTION to an event.  It can be international, national, or local. 

We recently had another mass shooting.  This time it was in Oregon, but it could have been anywhere. That is what is troubling, is the random nature: schools, restaurants, movie theatres, etc.

But what is more troubling is the immediate knee-jerk call for "Gun Control." Anyone who knows me or has read my blog knows that I have issues with the Second Amendment. 

My PEEVE is that everyone complains about the NRA and the gun laws AFTER a mass shooting.  The complaining quickly subsides because there is never a solution that would have PREVENTED the shootings that just happened. The person is usually mentally ill, but has not been diagnosed.  The guns were purchased legally.

The solution after the Charleston shooting was to ban the Confederate Flag.  WOW!  That helped. What flag was flying in Oregon?

All of the rhetoric and speeches only polarize and divide us.  Even President Obama admitted that he was politicizing this latest shooting. THAT HELPED.

Until calm minds and thought leaders address the issues, we will be discussing the same topics and hardened positions up till and through the next shooting.