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BY ANGELICA LOUISE PFLEIDER
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The American Disease
IT’S not a surprise anymore when you hear news about mass shootings in America. The world has become numb to events like this.
We start associating America with mass shootings, “Hay ara naman mga Kano. It’s just how they are.”
The mass shooting that happened at a Las Vegas concert was the worst in decades but with all the shootings that have happened so far, the world cannot feel the shock it should feel.
When the US President was interviewed, yes he showed signs of remorse but when he was asked about gun control he said, “We can talk about gun control later on.”
Really, Mr. President? You want to evade the topic of gun control when that’s exactly the first thing you should be addressing? The 64-year old Stephen Paddock had 23 weapons hidden in his hotel room. Shouldn’t the fact that he was able to possess 23 weapons something you should be concerned about?
Owning a firearm in the United States is a right. Pro-gun activists site the Second Amendment in the Constitution whenever they defend their point. Though federal gun laws have evolved to regulate the sale, ownership and manufacture of firearms, US gun laws are very, very lax compared to other countries.
Take a look at some of the worst mass shootings in history: Virginia Tech, Orlando, Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting where 20 children and six adults were shot and killed, and lately this one at a Las Vegas concert where 58 people were killed. I’m sure even a person who is not an expert on legislature can see that there must be something defective with how the gun laws in the US work.
Though the main debate ongoing on social media is how the police force are not labelling Paddock as a terrorist, I think the real problem here is how he was able to easily access and transport all those weapons without anyone batting an eye.
Yes I know people feel there is bias in his case; just because he is white and not a Muslim he can’t be labeled a terrorist, but anyone can have sick and radical ideas and not be able to execute them if they aren’t given access to the instruments.
I think all these instances should be wake-up calls to Americans that their gun laws are putting their lives at risk. It’s like allowing a sickness in a community to mature untreated. Sure it’s silent and slow but in the long run, everyone exposed to it will get contaminated. (angelica.panaynews@gmail.com/PN)
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