Guns Are Not The Answer
Posted: January 15, 2013
Are more guns the answer to mass killings? Guns were used in mass killings. What answer did guns give at Columbine, Newtown and other places?
If we stop and think, guns, except those used strictly for hunting, cost us money that could be used for something better.
When guns kill someone, the cost is tremendous. You can hardly cut spending when any murder costs tremendous amount of money in publicity, burial, criminal trial, maybe lifetime health care because of injuries etc.
Actually, there is tremendous cost in human emotion, community sorrow and state expense.
Doesn’t it seem best to reduce the number of guns rather than increase the costs resulting in use of guns on humans?
Respect for life must begin in the home. The Bible is the best teacher of how to relate to people. Why not follow the best?
If we stop and think, guns, except those used strictly for hunting, cost us money that could be used for something better.
When guns kill someone, the cost is tremendous. You can hardly cut spending when any murder costs tremendous amount of money in publicity, burial, criminal trial, maybe lifetime health care because of injuries etc.
Actually, there is tremendous cost in human emotion, community sorrow and state expense.
Doesn’t it seem best to reduce the number of guns rather than increase the costs resulting in use of guns on humans?
Respect for life must begin in the home. The Bible is the best teacher of how to relate to people. Why not follow the best?
Carl L. Smeltzer
Harrisonburg
Harrisonburg