PUT THE GUNS AWAY
Listen closely to this story as I see it, from a very long time ago,
In 1132 the Chinese knew about gunpowder, a tool, no, a weapon.
The first handheld gun was called an arquebus then, of course, the musket,
Many men had to try something, the invention of the rifle, the shotgun.
Congratulations! if they were used only for hunting but no, good became evil,
To this day they’ve been used for much criminal activity, too hurt and kill.
What happened to the days when they were used to feed your family,
Then came the sports hunter, killing just for the prize, a head hung high.
The police have them so that they can stop the ones who shouldn’t,
Children are using them every day in other countries just to survive.
The bullets ring out from the years no longer here, guns don’t die,
Guns don’t kill, people kill people because of fear, anger, and stupidity.
The noise needs to stop, it has put many a human being in their graves,
Unload your weapons, they’ll sing out in heaven, put the guns away.
War after war with much more advanced weaponry that will destroy,
In the end, there will be no more world, put the guns away.
Keith Garrett
It’s a quandary. The people who most want a gun the most may be the people who ought not to have one.
Thanks for your thoughts
On Sun, Jan 13, 2019 at 7:35 AM keithgarrettpoetry wrote:
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This is ungrammatical nonsenses.
thanks for reading, how is it nonsense?
Yes, I thought the same as I hit the send button. However, the point still may be valid. Some strident “right to bear arms” types may be the ones we don’t want with guns.
And I believe that the right to bear arms wound up in the U.S. constitution because of the experiences of the Irish immigrants in the old country. They had experienced significant persecution by the British who enacted laws preventing the Irish from having guns. They could be arrested for arming themselves and they could be killed
if they didn’t arm themselves.
It’s not that easy an issue when viewed from that light. However, I’m guessing that your founding politicians didn’t figure that law would be used to support liquor store robberies and spouse killing.
what?
Enough war, enough killing.
On Mon, Apr 1, 2019 at 6:33 PM keithgarrettpoetry wrote:
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Thanks for reading
On Mon, Apr 1, 2019 at 6:18 PM keithgarrettpoetry wrote:
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Put the gun away. I absolutely agree. We don’t have the same Constitutional right as yours from which stems the issue of possession of arms, but I understand you can’t fight gun related crime without gun control.
thanks for reading and for your thoughts.
On Sun, Jan 13, 2019 at 10:44 AM keithgarrettpoetry wrote:
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