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Mine started as a story about two best friends who went to see a movie, then they saw dead bodies, then turns into a redpill about gun control.
One day, two best friends, John and Phil, decided to go see a movie late at night. They were walking down the street when suddenly, they spotted a huge hole in the sidewalk. The pair stared in disbelief at the gaping hole before them, until they noticed that the sidewalk was covered in human bodies. Not even two hours later, there was another hole in the sidewalk. A third hour and another hole. Suddenly, it became apparent to them that every single person on the street was dead. The boys looked at each other and began to feel afraid. It was as if the whole street was infected with a deadly virus. The two friends ran home to get their gun. They were worried about the fate of the entire city if they were to die and someone else took their place on the street. The pair of friends decided to get their gun and try to defend themselves, or at least go down fighting if their bodies were to be used. They pulled their gun and put it to their temple. The gun would fire if it was ever pulled away. “This is it. We’re going to die!” Phil said. “I know,” said John. “Do it!” They pulled the trigger. The gun fired, and the two best friends died. The next day, all the streets of the city were covered in human bodies. The moral of the story? If you want to live a long, healthy and happy life, don’t pull your gun at a movie theater. That story is an oldie, but a goodie. It is often stated that gun control is needed to prevent mass shootings. Unfortunately, gun control does nothing to actually stop mass shootings. In fact, just the opposite is true. The reason for this is because gun control doesn’t actually stop criminals from possessing guns. Rather, gun control is used as a scare tactic. It’s a way for gun control advocates to make you believe that the only people with guns are bad guys and the only thing we should worry about are bad guys with guns. However, if it was that easy to stop mass shootings, then these crimes would not happen in the first place. When you stop criminals from having guns, then these events do not occur. The media and the government may try to frame the issue in terms of the public’s right to bear arms, but the facts show that that’s just a smokescreen. The real issue is: Why are there so many mass shootings? In 2014 alone, the U.S. saw over 200 mass shootings, which means there were 200 people in one incident (mass) who shot and killed a large number (200) of people in a place (public) with the use of firearms (guns). The fact is, the only thing a gun control program will do is give a criminal the ability to kill more people, and even in the case where an individual might accidentally use the gun against a loved one, or even kill themself, mass shootings still happen every year. In fact, mass shootings in America happen more often than most Americans realize. The most recent mass shooting to occur took place at a church in Antioch, Tennessee on Sunday, August 6th. This event left a 25-year-old church volunteer dead, along with five others, all of whom were shot as they attended a morning service at White's Chapel Assembly of God Church. While police have not ruled out the possibility that the shooter was angry over a break up with his girlfriend, according to The Wall Street Journal, “a person familiar with the investigation” believes that the killing is a “prayer massacre.” “When you put it into the context of a church service where there’s kneeling down and kneeling on the floor, and there’s praying,” the source told The Journal. Another possible motive for the shooting is the existence of a video in which the shooter appears to be praying. In the video, a “man in his twenties or thirties” can be seen praying in a pew. The unidentified man, who appears to be carrying a long-haired dog, says a string of profanities and then sits on the floor. The shooter later approaches the man, pulls out a pistol, and fires several shots. “I don’t think he’s a worshiper at all, I think he just chose the right church,” the source said. “But he’s probably a worshiper in the way that you know, you go to church, you go to temple, you go to mosque and you pray.” But while prayers and a video of a gunman praying can suggest the possibility that a mass shooting was “related to a violent extremist belief,” said one law enforcement source, “it does not in and of itself, by any means, prove that.” “He’s not a religious man,” the source said. “He’s a young man who’s angry. He’s not a man of faith.” The source pointed to a history of violence in the shooter’s home, including the death of the family dog. “I can’t remember if it was a neighbor who let him have the dog or if he brought it in himself. The dog is dead,” the source said. “But he’s had other issues in the past, other problems.” The source said it was too early to know if the shooter will face a hate crime or domestic terrorism charge. In addition to the mass shooting, law enforcement sources say the FBI is investigating a possible plot by the same shooter to attack police officers with another firearm. Authorities say that the shooter made two calls to police during the attack, including the first call during which he asked to speak with an officer from California. The shooter told the police dispatcher: “I already shot my family and I killed my dog and I killed a bunch of people and I have another rifle in my house.” The shooter said the second call was made “a few minutes later.” A police report shows that the shooting took place at 2:32 p.m. A law enforcement source said it was too early to tell if the calls were related to the shooting. Federal and local law enforcement agencies are trying to determine whether the shooter had other weapons in his home, whether he had an accomplice, and whether there were other people involved in the shooting, sources said. The shooter appeared to have shot himself, sources said. The source said the shooter had two weapons, including the rifle used in the mass shooting. Another law enforcement source said the gun used by the gunman had been fired from his home. The shooter’s home is on a quiet block of Oak Brook, where the street is lined with well-kept homes and many of the homes were decorated for Christmas. The block is the kind of neighborhood in which a man would have privacy but it would be an awkward place to live in the middle of a suburb as a divorced man with four kids, sources said. A neighbor said the shooter was a “very quiet” man who would walk his kids to school. Another neighbor said she was in the shower when she heard the sound of a gun. She said she did not hear the gunfire. The shooter’s mother called 911 and reported that her son, whom she said was a divorced father of four, had shot his family in their home. “He said that he shot his wife and his kids. He said there were four of them in the house,” said one source familiar with the family. Another source said the gunman’s mother called him to say she was on the phone with 911 and said her son had killed his family. In the home with the wounded children was the dead woman’s brother, who had been living with the couple, sources said. He had been a victim of domestic violence in the past, the sources said. The two brothers had a complicated relationship and had gotten into an argument a day earlier that was loud enough to be heard by people on the block, sources said. The dead woman’s father was shot outside of his home while he was watching television. He was being treated at Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center, a trauma unit source said. At the scene of the shooting on the quiet, tree-lined street in west suburban Oak Brook, children lay wounded in their beds and parents waited, holding vigil over their dead children. “My sister’s kids are alive. They’re still here,” said a mother. The dead woman and her brother were pronounced dead at the scene. Another sister was in critical condition at University of Chicago Hospital, another sibling in fair condition at a hospital, and a brother was in serious condition at Stroger. A woman at the home of a relative was being treated at Oak Park Hospital for cuts from shattered glass from the window, according to police. One neighbor, who declined to be identified because he was worried about retribution from the gunman’s family, said he saw the gunman enter the home through a side door. The neighbor called 911 at about 9:15 p.m. He said he heard the sound of gunshots but was told by police that it was only fireworks. In a neighbor’s yard, a woman stood with her arms wrapped around her son and daughter-in-law, while other children were running and playing nearby. One neighbor was awakened by what she thought was the sound of a child or pet getting hit by a car and called 911. That caller also saw a gun on the floor as the shooting began. A woman at a nearby Starbucks and a man walking his dog said they heard what sounded like popping and then a series of five or six gunshots. The man said it was after the shots rang out that he saw what appeared to be a small, dark-colored vehicle drive slowly through the parking lot, coming to a stop in the rear. The shootings happened shortly before 11 p.m. in the 700 block of West Forest Avenue. The victims’ car was stopped at the end of the driveway when it appeared a black vehicle approached and shot through the back window. According to police, the victims in the vehicle were believed to be a 28-year-old man and a 29-year-old woman. They were both shot in the head, were pronounced dead at the scene and there was no suspect vehicle at the time. Officers canvassed the neighborhood for video surveillance but did not find anything to indicate who shot the victims. The victims’ family members said the couple had recently begun planning to get a house for the first time. “They’ve been working on it for a year, and this morning it’s a tragedy,” said a friend, who would only give his name as James. “I just spoke with the father. It’s pretty devastating.” James said the husband recently started work at another bank, while the wife had a job as a bartender at a restaurant. They bought their home near the University of Illinois campus. “They didn’t say much about the house,” James said, “but she wanted to move.” A witness to the scene described seeing “a car that was driving really fast” and said he saw several shots from a rifle, according to Cook County court records. The couple was shot between 8 and 9 a.m., according to police, who also confirmed that at least one of the victims was an exchange student from Romania. Anyone with information about the case is asked to call Area Central detectives at 312-747-8274.
