How I See it

A gun problem does not exist. The problem has nothing to do with machinery. It has to do with responsibility; being responsible for what you have is the Great Commission. Go into the world and preach the Gospel. Go into the world and be fruitful and multiply.

Some things make me want to remove my uterus. 

Then I think to myself, that is a copout. The issue isn't with my uterus, it's with what I do with what I have. 

I haven't experience someone I know personally being killed with a gun, but I have experienced someone I know personally being killed with a car. Really though, it does as much good to blame the car for killing my brother as it does to blame the guns for killing those 20 kindergardeners. The car did not kill my brother, irresponsibility did, and maybe it was just an accident -- an accident: when unexpected and unintentional consequences occur from making a choice. 

Then there are other times, someone is just irresponsible. 

Cars are not banned because people create wrecks with them, neither do people expect the government would be better at preventing accidents if they provided transportation for us. Yet somehow, this seems the solution to some people regarding guns. 

We have licenses for important reasons, one of which is to insure responsibility is taken on the part of the license holder. The ironic part of the situation is that we don't have to have a license for creating children. Even if we did (and some do in a sense *cough*China*cough*) people would still have children, just like people still do drugs, and still own guns in spite of the laws. People will do what they want to do most, when they want to do it, with what they have. I've heard people say we shouldn't allow other people to have guns, especially the semiautomatics; they say the government should make laws preventing the distribution of weapons so the others won't have the opportunity to buy them and shoot other people.

My question is, if you had a gun and knew how to use it, would society be better or worse? If I had a gun and knew how to use it, would that be better or worse for society? 

The question I have is, what will improve our ability to make wise choices? 

What will inspire us to abandon our obvious insanity and pick up personal responsibility with resolution?