But, until an American has fired a gun do they understand what enables the people full of hate. Remember the Vegas gunman?
By Venessa Romo
More than a year (click here) after the FBI began its investigation, the agency has completed an analysis of the man behind the Oct. 1, 2017, mass shooting in Las Vegas, concluding there was "no single or clear motivating factor" driving Stephen Paddock's killing rampage and subsequent suicide.
The FBI's Behavioral Analysis Unit shared key findings Tuesday from the report, which explored details of Paddock's developmental, interpersonal and clinical history as they related to his behavior before the attack, as well the 11-minute massacre, during which he killed 58 concertgoers at the Route 91 Harvest festival and injured nearly 1,000 others....
How about the motive being an "itchy trigger finger?"
Unless a person has held a gun in their hands realizing the killing power of that gun does that person realize the attraction to guns by the FEELING of power. Just hold it. Don't do anything else with it, just hold it and think this is a gun I can shoot and kill many, many people. I might add, it isn't easy to kill a person.
These weapons are powerful and the reason they are powerful is because it is not easy to kill a person. It takes a powerful effort by the weapon and/or the power of physical size and strength. So, hold an AR-15 and understand the weapon. Now, once one understands the weapon, what is it for? It is for killing. There no other purpose. It is a weapon and it isn't a kitchen knife turned weapon. There is absolutely no reason to have these guns except to kill.
What if a person can bring themselves to walk into a shooting range and take a gun, any gun, walk to the firing lane, with an instructor or a spouse and hold the gun at a target. Don't fire it. Just hold the gun with the target in the sites on the gun, either an add on site or the one on the gun that might even have radioactive material to bring the site into an easy gaze.
If a person can then take aim, reasonably accurate for anyone, with ear protectors and eye protection and place the finger on the trigger. Don't fire it. Just put the finger on the trigger. One thing a gunman/woman needs to be able to understand is the resistence the trigger provides to pulling the gun into action. So, even holding a gun with reasonable accuracy, so the gun doesn't have a kick back so strong it will send the gun upward to an unknown target, feel that trigger. That trigger is a person's best friend or enemy. Hesitation in firing the gun in a real life situation or being unable to know the trigger, may be more of a danger than a help.
Now that a person is ready to fire the trigger, hence putting the gun into a method of killing, what is that person thinking? I think most women when they practice with their guns they are looking to be masterful enough to protect themselves and quite possibly their family. I do not believe women are thinking about killing people so much as defending oneself.
Now that a White Supremacist is ready to pull the trigger what is he thinking when he practices? He is thinking about his own defense from another man ready to kill him or his family? I doubt that is ever a reason in their thinking when they practice. I think White Supremacists see more than a zombie on that target at the end of the practice range. I think that White Supremacist sees a person he hates when he pulls that trigger.
Back to the Vegas gunman. What did he think when he practiced with his arsenal? He spent tens of thousands of dollars if not a hundred thousand dollars on guns, ammunition in preparation of that war that is promised to Americans that hate. The war is the important part. He, no different than other men in prison with similar crimes, believes he if was clever enough and pulled off a mass killing, other haters of his loyalty would follow. That argument could be reasonably made these days with frequent mass shootings.
But, as to the Vegas gunman. What the heck? Right? A man that had anything he wanted in life all of a sudden takes up a room in a multi-floor hotel, sets up surveillance of the halls to see any police response and then sets up his weapons so he can aim at unknown people gathered at an outdoor concert. The concert or performer wasn't the draw, it was the large number of targets in the open. He did research enough to know there was a hotel near a place in Vegas where large numbers of people would be gathering to listen to a concert. An outdoor concert. Perfect. It was all premeditated. There was nothing spontaneous about it. He hadn't lost his mind and took guns to a room by chance there would be targets. It was all premeditated.
I do not believe it is easy owning a gun. It comes with a great deal of expense, regardless the gun or it's intended use. Then there is the issue of mastering the gun so it doesn't become a danger to the owner. That means taking lessons. Plenty of lessons to know how to safely use the gun. If people are simply trusting their own ability to master a gun, that is dangerous. There is too much in holding the gun correctly, aiming it at a target with purpose, feeling the trigger and then successfully pull the trigger without danger to anyone in the area.
There should never be a gun sold without proper education BEFORE the purchase and required education and practice year to year to maintain concealed carry permits. There is plenty of reason for Americans to pass muster in order to purchase their own gun. Does anyone realize how many children are killed because the owner, usually a parent, neglected to handle the gun correctly and being sure it was locked or put away to a locked safe to the point where a child could never accidently fire it? How many guns are bought into friends homes to only realize that mom or dad was not a friend at all?
The point to this is whenever there is a mass shooting in the USA, the gunman has practiced either formally or casually and there is a particular thinking that occurs when that practicing goes on.
What if it was impossible to get a gun?
What if it were?
What would the hate-filled American think about instead?
This is written on a day when more Americans are dead, maimed and wounded; in honor of those that have perished in mass shootings in the USA since the Assault Weapon Ban was sundowned. My sincerest sympathy to those left behind.
