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Tracey likes to shake things up and then take the lid off. She also likes to keep the peace, especially in a safe, fuzzy place. Writer, editor, producer, yogini, ('cause yoger or yogor simply doesn't work) by day, rabid WordsWithFriends and DrawSomething! player by night. You can follow her on Twitter: @traceylkelley or @tkyogaforyou
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guns don't kill people....
the ongoing fight for mental health
7.20.12
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In light of another tragic mass shooting, this time in a movie theater in Aurora, Colorado, many people are pounding their chests about the need for gun control.
And once again, these people are missing the point.
While it's unfortunate the United States ranks first in the entire world for private gun ownership, and our country's firearm licensing is permissive rather than restrictive, further regulations can't guarantee a violence cease-fire. After all, a mass murderer isn't going to blink twice at a charge of illegal firearm possession.
What we continue to fail to realize as a society is that anything can be used as a weapon if intent is behind it: guns, knives, tear gas canisters, hammers, mauls, saws, chains, tweezers, ballpoint pens.
A fully-fueled airplane.
A disclaimer: I'm not a proponent for gun ownership. Unless someone is hunting animals for sustenance, I see no viable reason to have a firearm. In this modern age...
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