Irony Just Killed Itself, Or Sadly in This Case, It Was Sandra Parks

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.

(Image credit: Ximena Conde/WPR)


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"The weapons law of Japan begins by stating "No one shall possess a firearm or firearms or a sword or swords", and very few exceptions are allowed. Citizens are permitted to possess firearms for hunting and sport shooting, but only after submitting to a lengthy licensing procedure." - Wikipedia
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It's something I never thought about as a kid. How literally every corner of media (television, music, movies, video games, toys, etc) is always there to spread this message that guns are cool. Cops and Robbers, Cowboys and Indians, anything involving guns is cool. But then once you've had a real gun in your face, and someone is counting down to kill you execution-style (happened to me in real life), you realize how not-cool guns are. It scars you for the rest of your life.

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.
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