Guns and Prayers

     Thoughts and prayers offered after every mass shooting. I can't imagine how surviving family members feel when hearing these words from politicians. They offer no plan and no action to reduce these violent tragedies. What is the appropriate action? Where is society failing us? Is there not something we can do? Somewhere between absolutely nothing and some something? Can all these horrible events be stopped? Unlikely, but how many human lives do we sacrifice in the name of an absolute 2A?

     I am a gun owner who is a reasonably good marksman and licensed to carry. I share that because solutions must be arrived at by compromise. Compromise is found on a spectrum. Purple, not red or blue. Central, no left or right. A shade of gray, not black or white. Yet we can hardly have a discussion without name calling and raised voices. 

     The Brady Bill did not result in the government knocking on our doors to confiscate our firearms.  The assault weapons ban from 1994 to 2004 came an went. Our 2A rights remained. I remember going to gun shows with my Dad as AR-15 components transitioned to fully assembled and operational rifles. I remember an uneasiness. Why are these guns being sold? Keep in mind, I am sharing family time appreciating classic and modern firearms. I was not predisposed to any position but felt confusion in my core.