IT'S A GUN.... IT'S A FLAG.... IT'S A..............

Do you remember in the days of comics and early

television.. when Superman came on.. IT'S A BIRD

IT'S A PLANE,  IT'S A MAN...NO, IT IS SUPERMAN.

Watching the news on the South Carolina church murders,

I get the same feeling of the people, especially in the media,

are running around pointing and trying play the blame

game...

First off, the usual... the gun.. let's get rid of guns.. that is

the first cry when ever there is a shooting..

Now it is the flag fault, that flies from the state capital.

What is next to be blamed? 

And why isn't the real reason yelled?  The same reason for

all murders, especially public mass murders?  The obvious.

At least it is obvious to me...  why aren't they screaming about

mental health? The warp mind, the radical mind? Why not

that?

Nothing makes me more sick, then the interview of the

friends and family, or the local police.  HE/SHE has had

many problems in the past. Some times HE/SHE scared me

with their way of thinking..... I knew some day he/she was

going to go off the deep end.  Yes, we have been called on

this person several times, the police will say.  HELLO...

why something wasn't done about getting help for that

person...

Oh, I get it.. Let's talk about taking guns away from

millions of sane, respectful, legal gun owners... that is

ok.. but for the love of God, let us not infringe on the

rights of an individual who might go off the deep end?

Now I am not from the South, so I don't get excited about

the call of the rebel flag of the civil war.  To me, it is just

a flag.  Should the flag stay or go? Should it be placed

somewhere else besides the state capital.. only the people

of the South can decide that.  To me it is just a flag, a large

piece of material.. which represents the people of the Southern

states, who decide to take on the Federal government. Which

brought on a war... a war, by the way, didn't not have actually

to do with slavery... slavery was the side cause... at least that

was the reason given when I was studying it in high school

many years ago.. And read a couple times over the years.

The honest truth is ... Mr. Foot, if he had no access to a gun,

would have found another way.. like bomb, fire or what ever

came to his demented mind.  Keeping all guns away from

people will not stop murders.. but getting help for the people

who have broken minds, just might help a great deal..

Take the money that is given for banning guns.. and use it

for mental health.  Mental health, sadly under funded...

Also years ago, I said, that I thought in 2nd or 3rd grade,

there should be a class in tolerance. To be re-enforced

every 3 years... like 6th...9th... 12th... Maybe if we are

all taught tolerance there would be less hatred.. after all,

we hate what we don't understand.