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You're either with us — or you're with the terrorists.- Gun Control Backers
You’re either smart and knowledgable — or you’re with the GCB. - Unknown
Why oh why do people believe that laws will deter terrorists and the criminal element of our society? So far, all the current laws on the books failed to stop the Orlando situation and what makes anyone believe that more laws will stop another Orlando situation from occurring? The issues and obstacles to such violence is far deeper, broader and complex with resolutions that are not easy and able to stem the flow of such violence from reaching every corner of our communities, our country and the world. If it were that simple we would simple write a law that bans both conflict and violence with repercussions commensurate to those very laws (which by the way would have to be socially mandated violence).
Why do we always focus on laws that only “LAW ABIDING CITIZENS” will obey? Criminals and Terrorists have no rules, no laws and not even religious mandates against their actions and deeds so what makes you all think that just because we have a LAW on the BOOKS they will suddenly cringe, shake and suddenly believe they MUST obey the LAWS?
Sounds like our world is stupid is as stupid does, don’t ya thunk? Again, I would love it if they mandated, by decree or law or other requirement, an appropriate training program that would teach us all, as kids or young adults, how to cope with conflict and violence such as those strategies and tactics necessary to first and foremost protect the individual in those first few moments so they can survive until the rapid response of the authorities can react and act accordingly.
It comes down to self-defense or what one professional calls, “Fense.” It comes down to knowing how to apply fense in any situation where decisions are made and people survive. It would be an ongoing school subject and requirement to handle the reality of conflict, the reality of violence and the reality of human nature.
If it were so easy to just write and enact a law, then all of us would never have had to deal with the tragedy of the Orlando event. Stop the common cognitive distortion such laws promote where everything is either black or white because violence has a ton of gray space. Stop jumping to conclusions, when you are ignorant to conflict and violence, from our feelings rather than facts and logic. Stop making it personal because it ain’t personal, its about conflict and violence and that is a human condition that nature has not evolved beyond - yet. Stop holding everyone else responsible for conflict and violence and take personal and social responsibility for our roles in protection, security and safety, WE THE INDIVIDUAL ARE ACTUALLY THE FIRST RESPONDERS (if appropriate toward safety and the situation) until the legally mandated first responders get there!
There are no laws or rules that will actually mandate the actions of people and others as to social behaviors because we need to reconnect in a more tribal cohesive bonding way before we can survive as a society. Stop using our emotional reasoning to find answers to such conflict and violent behaviors and beliefs, make them believe in our social beliefs and culture once we reestablish those values and beliefs. Stop trying to label everyone and everything in accordance with our personal belief systems because as humans we are all as different as there are stars in the heavens. Believe that we are NOT always right and that laws for the law-abiding are not always the answers, if you add them in make sure they are on a foundation of additional and supplemental actions that will actually get the job done.
Lets remove all the cognitive distortions that seem to drive such inadequate and inappropriate answers and actions to this growing issue of grave extreme violence. Try creating a social environment where we all belong and we all can connect on a personal deep bonding like level and try creating responsibility that spans the individual to the tribe to the social connectedness to the world social yet distinctly separate needs of our cultures and beliefs where conflict and violence become unnecessary.
The answers are there and they are glaring in their presence but we are hiding behind the barriers we build through such cognitive distortions and emotionally driven illogical responses that we will continue to succumb to such events over and over and over and over again, time for a paradigm shift!
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