If there is such a thing as poetic justice, what would be the opposite of it? Perhaps, irony comes closest. And it's such a sad and frustrating thing to see this play out in the life of this young girl.
"We are in a state of chaos. In the city in which I live, I hear and see examples of chaos almost every day. Little children are victims of senseless gun violence..."
Two years ago, 11-year-old Milwaukee schoolgirl Sandra Parks wrote these words in an award-winning essay about the murders in her city.
On Monday night, aged 13, she was shot by a stray bullet fired into her home.
Just. tragic. Read more on The BBC.
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I don't know what the solution to guns are in America. I will say this because I don't see anyone talking about it. You can take a good person with a legal gun, and they can (god forbid) have brain trauma (car accident or something similiar). They will go on a rampage and hurt their family or strangers with no remorse (happens more than you think). I don't know how restrictive access to guns *should be*, but I also know that most people who have a gun right now don't need a gun. That applies to legal owners as well. The brain is insanely fragile, and when your brain goes, it doesn't matter how *good* you were. Also anyone who thinks being 18 automatically gives you the mental maturity to handle guns, is insane.
Gun nuts will furiously disagree with me. That's fine. Just know that the gun under your bed that protects you is the one that will destroy you if a child accesses it, or your brain degenerates.
Japan has around 10 gun deaths per year. Let that sink in.