A PRAYER FOR SANITY

I HAVE TO ADMIT, GOD, I'M PLEADING, BEGGING. THE SHOOTINGS ARE BECOMING OVERWHELMINGLY DEPRESSING. YOU CANNOT HAND OUT UNLIMITED GUNS TO EVERY TOM, DICK, AND HARRY, AND NOT EXPECT TRAGEDY. OUR LEADERSHIP HAS FAILED US IN NOT CONTROLLING THE DISTRIBUTION OF GUNS. IN MY EYES, AND I SHOULD THINK IN YOURS, THE NRA, THE GUN MANUFACTURERS, AND THE POLITICIANS WHO HAVE BEEN BOUGHT BY THEM, ARE THE LARGEST TERRORIST GROUP THAT WE NEED TO BE WORRIED ABOUT. THEY CANNOT BE ALLOWED TO CONTINUE TO WRONGLY EVOKE THE SECOND AMENDMENT AS A WAY TO ARM THEMSELVES BEYOND REASON. FEAR HAS DONE A NUMBER ON US. WE ARE LISTENING TO MADMEN, MAKING FORTUNES ON ARMING THE PUBLIC. AND THAT PUBLIC CANNOT HANDLE THE ARMS THEY ARE BEING HANDED. PERHAPS YOU, GOD, UNDERSTAND WHY MASS SHOOTINGS OCCUR? I FOR THE LIFE OF ME CANNOT UNDERSTAND IT. I SUPPOSE THERE ARE TEN'S OF REASONS. BUT ONE THING THEY ALL HAVE IN COMMON: EVERY SHOOTER HAS TO HAVE A GUN. NO ONE IS TALKING ABOUT TAKING AWAY REASONABLE HUNTING WEAPONS. WE ARE ASKING TO LIMIT THE NUMBER OF GUNS OWNED, SEMI-AUTOMATIC WEAPONS THAT CAN BE CHANGED TO AUTOMATIC WEAPONS WITH A $50 LEGALLY PURCHASED KIT, MILITARY GRADE WEAPONS THAT THE PUBLIC HAS NO BUSINESS OWNING, ACTUALLY THAT NOBODY HAS ANY BUSINESS POSSESSING, AND HANDGUNS. NONE OF THOSE WEAPONS ARE MADE FOR HUNTING. THEY ARE MADE EXCLUSIVELY TO KILL HUMANS. THE MAKERS OF THESE WEAPONS ARE ALL MONEY HUNGRY BUSINESSMEN WHO TAKE NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE MISERY THEIR PRODUCTS PRODUCE. GOD, IT IS TIME FOR ALL THIS TO END. YOUR INTERVENTION WOULD BE HELPFUL, BUT I DOUBT FORTHCOMING. I'M GUESSING YOU ARE LEAVING IT UP TO US. SO GIVE US THE COURAGE TO END THIS MADNESS. HELP US TO BE BRAVE AND PERSISTENT IN OUR PURSUIT OF THE SWORD MAKERS. GIVE US THE STRENGTH AND FORTITUDE TO BANG THESE WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION INTO PLOW-SHEARS.

AMEN