{"id":44115,"date":"2019-08-07T12:25:46","date_gmt":"2019-08-07T16:25:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/?p=44115"},"modified":"2019-08-07T12:26:20","modified_gmt":"2019-08-07T16:26:20","slug":"el-paso-and-dayton-now-what","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/2019\/08\/el-paso-and-dayton-now-what\/","title":{"rendered":"El Paso and Dayton, Now What?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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By Glenn Mollette <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Americans have grieved over the senseless murders of 31\npeople recently gunned down in an El Paso, Texas Walmart and a Dayton, Ohio\nnightclub. People were out living the American dream, shopping and having a\nnight of fun. They were just living their lives. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Their lives were taken from them by men armed with automatic\nassault rifles and the element of surprise. People were living their lives and\nminding their own business. They weren\u2019t prepared for someone with an assault\nweapon unleashing enough bullets to kill 22 people in El Paso and 9 people in\nDayton.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The attacker always has the upper hand. The attacker plots\nout the place, determines a time and loads his gun to the max. Unless someone\nor several people are standing guard and watching very close the attacker will\nbe able to kill and maim almost easily before the police show up. The Dayton,\nOhio police arrived in less than a minute to kill the shooter. What if they had\ntaken two or three minutes? I don\u2019t think we would have faulted police for\narriving in three minutes. However, if they had taken longer than the 40\nseconds that it took them to arrive, 30 people or more might have been killed\nin Dayton alone. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Most everyone is saying we need to do something in America.\nMany Americans have ideas on what should be done. We should have the right to\nprotect ourselves. In Kentucky most everyone over 21 can carry a gun and\nwithout a license. If either of these shooters had walked into a Walmart in\nKentucky or a nightclub in Louisville they would have gotten off some shots but\nthey would likely have been met with numerous fire arms coming right back at\nthem. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mass shooters are mentally ill people who have allowed the\ndarkness of evil to take control of their lives. Such people must be detected\nby society and cannot be allowed to own automatic weapons. They also need\nintense help that few Americans are equipped to render. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mental health workers, licensed clinical social workers,\npsychologists, psychiatrists and counselors who have received adequate training\nare in demand and the demand is growing off the chart. Millions of Americans\nare mentally ill and need help. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Offering mental help has to be incorporated into the health\neducation classes of our schools. All schools districts must now employ\nnot just one but several qualified counselors. One person can\u2019t handle the\nload. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our political leaders must now come together and agree on\nuniversal background checks for all weapons purchased. A special license should\nbe required for assault weapons. I own several pistols and a three shot\nautomatic shotgun. I\u2019ve never felt that I needed a rifle with the capacity to shoot\n50 or 70 rounds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Walmart, churches, schools, nightclubs all have to be on\nguard. We all must have security plans. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound\nof cure. If two security guards with semiautomatic pistols had been standing\noutside the Walmart in El Paso or the nightclub in Dayton, the mass murders\ncould possibly have been prevented. Mass murderers are cowards who want to kill\ndefenseless people. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Finally, we have to stop the hate. Let\u2019s stop it everywhere\nfrom politics to social media, to the highways and to our national media. Let\u2019s\nget hate out of television programs and our music. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Churches, schools, families, our elected leaders and all of\nus must work together to help this nation have a revival of love, respect,\nequality and helping each other. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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