In the United States, those who oppose drug use and those who oppose gun use are not the same. The former are called conservative. The latter are called liberal.
Why such a plain right of an ordinary citizen of wishing a save and secure environment became such a political issue? If your neighbor has a gun, that certainly is a threat. There should be no other way to describe it. Talking to a person next to you and to be told "Yes, I shoot sometimes" or "I saw people shooting at such and such places" is not something makes you feel safe to say the least.
The weapons are to harm lives. That is the sole purpose of them. In case of drugs, similar circumstances apply. When you yourself use drugs, you will ruin your life. When you hand them to other people, you will ruin other people's life. Listening to people say "Look, that person leaning against the wall, he is using drugs" does not make the city look any better no matter how rich the people look in the stores.
Resorting on violence is a sure sign of weakness. Resorting on drugs is a sign of weakness of characters. The weakness is in each and every person, or groups for sure. But before the weakness heads to guns and drugs, there must be a way to stop the tragedy.
Why such a plain right of an ordinary citizen of wishing a save and secure environment became such a political issue? If your neighbor has a gun, that certainly is a threat. There should be no other way to describe it. Talking to a person next to you and to be told "Yes, I shoot sometimes" or "I saw people shooting at such and such places" is not something makes you feel safe to say the least.
The weapons are to harm lives. That is the sole purpose of them. In case of drugs, similar circumstances apply. When you yourself use drugs, you will ruin your life. When you hand them to other people, you will ruin other people's life. Listening to people say "Look, that person leaning against the wall, he is using drugs" does not make the city look any better no matter how rich the people look in the stores.
Resorting on violence is a sure sign of weakness. Resorting on drugs is a sign of weakness of characters. The weakness is in each and every person, or groups for sure. But before the weakness heads to guns and drugs, there must be a way to stop the tragedy.