MONDAY MORNING QUARTERBACK: GUNS AND DEADLY DRIVERS
While
people who like guns and use guns often scream at the mere suggestion of gun
controls, Jovan Belcher’s girlfriend and the Kansas City Chiefs’ linebacker are
the latest examples of why guns in the wrong hands pose a serious threat to
society. These incidents also cancel out the “opposed” votes.
So
many people who buy guns for “protection” or “recreation” often end up being
the victim, by accident, suicide or via domestic/neighbourhood dispute.
Then
again, when it comes to gun ownership, you can legislate everything except
intelligence. RIP to Kasandra Perkins, Belcher and good luck to the three-month-old
daughter left behind without parents.
As
Christmas season fast approaches and people’s patience becomes thinner than my
savings account, why is it necessary for self-centred people to park their
vehicles backward in a stall, when parking nose first would save a ton of time
and make the people behind them much happier?
And,
despite all the pleas to not text and drive, or talk and drive, or drink and
drive, why are these illegal acts on the rise?
Instead
of raising our taxes every few months to feed the money-sucking monster that is
TransLink and highway improvements, why not start raising needed revenues by
fining motorists and breaking these deadly/illegal behaviours?
And
if fare evasion is still a serious issue on SkyTrain, why not have officers on
the trains or at the stations stopping it or handing out enforceable fines?
Finally,
if it is OK for people to knock on my door when I’m sleeping in the morning to
pitch books, candies, religion, whatever, is it OK when I get home at 2 a.m. to
knock on their doors? Just asking!
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