A story breaks across the news boards. In a California Federal officers; agents trained and duly authorized to carry weapons and then something goes tragically wrong.
It's a sad story and these were Federal employees required, authorized and trained to carry weapons , but here we will go again with another round of discussion about guns and how wonderful it is to carry one. The bottom-line is that guns are deadly weapons and humans, whether professionals, average citizens or criminals, are fallible - that part of human nature is very well documented.
Put a gun in the hands of a human being and you've got a bigger risk - a much bigger risk, of a deadly outcome than if there was no gun. This is really simple stuff, but we keep going back to our right to bear arms as if that makes any difference to those who've suffered at the wrong end of the trigger. Guns have purpose, but most people shouldn't have one because their purpose is not compelling enough to outweigh the risk that they'll suffer a momentary bout of depression, anger or miscalculation.
A bullet travels with purpose to its target and it can't be taken back - it is the final solution - it can't be taken back. And that's really a critical point, because so much of our human interaction is flawed and we so often find ourselves apologizing for something we'd said or done at a weaker moment, but with the bullet there's no going back unless you believe in a second chance in the life hereafter.
For Constitutionalists a better effort would be to defend life.
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