Nuts & Guns, Guns & Nuts! Bang! Bang! You're Crazy!

Please forgive my insensitivity toward those lacking average mental health, however I've long disagreed with the ACLU folks. Individuals who cannot take care of themselves and are a threat to others SHOULD NOT be allowed to circulate among the general population. Psychotropic miracle cures only work if they're taken regularly and apparently do not work all that well because most patients experience unpleasant side effects even when well regulated in their systems. There was a reason a little state like Connecticut maintained several huge sanitariums-- now no longer in use-- when the population was a fraction of what it is now. Where are these poor folks now??? Many wander the streets, a threat to themselves and the unsuspecting public who more than occasionally is on the receiving end of a brick, rock or gun. Which leads me to the "Guns" element of the title of today's entry. When are we going to learn, as a country, we actually do not have the right to bear arms when we aren't sane or responsible enough to ensure the safety of those who do not wish to participate in the violent, negative energy of being in the presence of killing machines? At the very least, all guns-- that's ALL guns-- shotguns as well as handguns-- should be strictly regulated via regular psychological testing. A national database should be designed to monitor and cross reference police records so that if someone is caught driving under the influence or arrested for some other type of infraction, their gun permit-- and weapon-- will be immediately confiscated. This situation is not going to improve without serious new laws and regulations. Churchgoers shot and killed in Tennessee. School children shot and killed in Amish country. Mentally deficient teens taking rifles to school and shooting at anything that moves. What should be our goal to improve our increasingly violent and mentally ill society? Unfortunately it's going to have to mean more rules to protect the greater good. However it will result in fewer and fewer guns for the gangs, the mentally ill and anyone in between who feels the need to arm themselves just for the hell of it. Let's all pray to Charlton Heston. He more than anyone surely knows by now the extreme disservice he did to humanity as the longtime president of the NRA. He's now face-to-face with the thousands of souls for which he was directly responsible for their early departure from this earth. Mr Heston undoubtedly now knows the tragic errors of his ways. Help us, Mr. Heston. We pray to you-- please help us.