"GUN" Control or "SELF" Control?"

The debate is at a fever pitch in the US over the allowable amount of force necessary to thwart potential criminality among the citizenry, hunt a deer in the woods, protect yourself against an African American male or devastate a community with a mass murder on innocent, unsuspecting people.

It doesn't really matter what laws are passed, it will always be up to the "people" to make wise choices when it comes to their 2nd Amendment right to bear arms:

 "The Supreme Court has reaffirmed that the 2nd Amendment guarantees an individual the right to possess guns in the home for self defense. They Justices also stated that this right is “not unlimited” – elected officials may enact common sense gun laws to protect communities. 

Those laws are needed to protect the safety of Americans. Too many individuals can obtain dangerous weapons far too easily in America. An epidemic of violence results when guns and even assault rifles can be purchased from unlicensed merchants at gun shows without a Brady criminal background check.

Think we don’t need to change that? Think again. In one year, more than 31,000 people die from gun violence – and close to 79,000 more are shot but survive gun injuries. That’s more than 100,000 people EACH YEAR who are killed or wounded with a gun in our country."

We know all too well the horrific deeds committed by these demented men fostering varying degrees of sociopathic behavior.  But at the end of the day, what is the root of the problem?  No gun is going to fire itself automatically. No gun has the ability to recognize that it is using excessive force.  Who hunts a deer with an AK-47? What crazy person would hunt quails with a heat seeking missile? That would be "over the top" wouldn't it?

So why do we need militia crafted weapons to protect ourselves against another human being? Is it because we know the extent of the retaliatory power of a deer, quail or elk? We are 100% sure the deer will not pull out a glok and fire back at us. But who can know the heart and MIND of a man?

We have witnessed that a man is capable of doing anything to anybody at anytime. We have resisted the attempt to totally give up on human kind, however many of our fellow citizens have drafted like-minded extremists to build local militias to combat "outsiders" or perceived enemies in various demographic "target groups" to eliminate the threat against their homes and families.

So it gets down to one thing in my mind. Is it the guns or is it the people? Do we need to focus on controlling the guns or do we need to focus on self control? Do we need to lobby Washington and the NRA who has global reach and epic political clout for "relief" in the availability of high magazine weapons, stricter background checks, and tougher prosecution for offenders? Or do we just continue to create an atmosphere of fear where our citizens don't know who to trust because our local police force and sheriff departments look as much like the "enemy" in many communities as the "enemy" looks like the "enemy."

It seems like a problem that will probably never be solved; certainly not with a dysfunctional government and a corrupt governing body that is only concerned with its branding and political footprint.  "There is no limit to the depths of human selfishness!"