That is scary shit! Are you ok? I mean I know you didn't get hurt, but, are you ok?
We don't have that kind of violence here. Only allowed certain guns here for hunting and that's it. Canada eh? But seriously, I'm shaking just thinking of what was going on and being in your place. Big hugs to you. I hope you don't witness anything like this ever again. Too close for comfort!
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I'm fine, thank you for checking. :-) I tend to be a very calm person, so even when it was happening I wasn't too riled up. It is difficult to think about though. In my mind, those sorts of things happen somewhere else, not in the neighborhood I live in. This was only about 8-10 blocks from my house. It does make me more ready to move out of Cleveland.
Do you think that the restrictions on guns are mainly responsible for keeping that sort of violence out of Canada? Many people here in the US believe similarly. I wonder if it is more a cultural difference than a legal difference though. What are your thoughts?
By the way - Matt thinks it's just too cold in Canada for people to bother shooting each other. :-)
HAHAHA! I like the way he thinks. Should we shoot him? Nah he'll just freeze to death :P
More like the fingers would be too frozen to use the trigger XD
Yep! And he says the heat in some parts of the world makes people angry and therefore more likely to shoot you. Good logic!
I can totally see that! Just look at us women when we go through menopause and the heat flashes XD
Good point. Watch out!!! She's going through menopause!!!!
I'm not sure on that. I think both come into play. I mean if someone really wants to find a gun to use on someone else, they will. But I think that the legalities do help in manners of scaring people away from it. Not saying that its that way for everyone. I myself don't want one because of the safety for me kids. It is more common to see even toy guns not being bought for children for play. Even to play cops and robbers. Myself included.
When my son was 2 he had one. I can't even remember how there was a plastic gun. Could have been because I was thinking zombies. I dunno. Anyways, someone showed up at our door, a stranger and here comes my son with a baby doll in his hands and the gun pointed at the head. The person just looked, we all just looked for a second there... I don't think he made any connection but I got rid of it anyways, threw it out to avoid that kind of violence. He may not have seen violence at that age but perhaps he did, or would have later on. So maybe it is more cultural. Maybe both lol.
I just see it as we don't really need it. Not where we live anyways aside from hunting.
I agree that if someone wants a gun they will find one, regardless of the legality of it. That's one of the main arguments for lax gun laws here. I have considered buying a gun on a few occasions and decided against it mainly because it's a complicated process. Did you know that as a resident of Ohio I can only purchase a gun from a dealer in Ohio? I can buy from a private citizen in any state... It's kind of weird.
The situation with your child in crazy! That could have gone so poorly if you were here in the US. Especially if you were a member of a minority group or lived in a bad part of town. Here in Cleveland, a 12 year old boy had a toy gun at a park. Someone called the police and said he was threatening people with a gun and that it "may be a toy."
The police pulled up and shot the 12 year old dead.
It's crazy how this world works.
I heard of that happening to that poor boy. I struggle to imagine that the world has gone so sour. A reason why I am happy to live where I do. I wouldn't be able to live in a place where I feel like my child can't move, afraid that something might just happen just like that.
Here there is already fear put in us about CAS. Fear that if there is something wrong with our children that we need to get help for and that CAS comes in and takes our children away. It's happened around here :(
OH I can't talk about this too much lol. I stay away from the news and all sorts of stuff like that. My brain can't take it all in.
I assume CAS is similar to CPS (Child Protective Services) here. The same thing happens in the States. If the agency gets a call it is up to them to decide if they remove the child or children from the home - with or without a real investigation. The problem is that somehow people profit off of removing children from their families, so it happens way too often.
Exactly! It's like that all over the world. I can't imagine what it is like when people have their children wrongfully taken :(