Bang. You are now dead.

You just got shot. You are now dead. Well, that sucks.

Your problems are over. The living are the one who have all the problems still. Your friends, family, those that knew you, will miss you, one hopes. They will grieve, they will be sad, they will keep living, one hopes. Then, of course, things get political, as things tend to do. Perhaps one, or more of those people will protest the gun used, the make, model, the type of round. Perhaps they will ask for more laws, more something. Someone needs to do SOMETHING to fix this. Those in power will say they will get right on it. They don't. Time moves on. Each day is harder to protest then the last. You have a life, you have to move on. Sure, a few might stay with it, being a lifetime activist to try to get any law passed, anything changed, its an uphill battle. Perhaps its psychology they go after, thinking that if only we took care of the minds of troubled humans that would solve the core issue, if there is even a core issue. This to might pass. Someone needs to do SOMETHING. Some will, others will for awhile, then move on, others will do nothing then yell into the wind.

Something must change. Yet, it seems, it doesn't change. Not really. More people get shot. More people die needlessly. Who's fault is it? Left, right, politics, does it matter? You can't fix it, I can't fix it. So, people give up, the trying is hard, the doing is hard, the change is slow if any change is even possible.

Well, clearly the only way to get rid of guns is.... more guns! Yes that will solve it, more people armed will make it safer. Wait no. That doesn't work always, but sometimes! Oh! Wait what if.. no we can't do that...humm.

Yes well. The dead are dead, and can not speak. The tragic thing will go and be something new next week, or perhaps even one moment from now, people's attention is easy to distract. Oh look a nice new video about cats.

So well. Why are you reading this? Did you expect answers? Ha! Nah, but you've read something like this, someone being jaded saying, "eh, screw it" am I doing that? I guess. What else is there?

Yet, giving up - that...is wrong. But, I'm going to. I don't want to, its just...what can I do? Is there really anything? Does my vote matter? Does my voice matter? Does anything matter? What if I run for office and get in, can I change anything?

Perhaps it starts with the one who owns a gun or ten to say, enough is enough, my gun ownership is not worth the lives of others, to take there gun apart, sell it for scrap. If enough people did that... maybe that would change things? 

Or maybe we would just have more knife crime and deaths?

Well.

Your dead so, its not up to you to fix it. Bang! Oh, well there goes another one. See you back next time.