Right to bear a gun or right to live?

How’s your MIND today?
Is it in your own control? Are you in charge of it?
Or are you a slave to it?

What will you do, when your MIND is not well? Do you get mad? Do you lose control? Do you feel like telling the world about your state of MIND?
If yes, then how do you want to tell? Harsh words? Abuse? Or just cry?

And what if you had a GUN! Would you prefer to talk through your GUN?
Yes! Some people do want to talk through GUN. For them using a GUN is a STATEMENT! An opinion, their opinion!

Violence is a STATEMENT! When your MIND is not in your control, you lose temper, you get violent and you feel like letting the world know, through your STATEMENT.
And when getting a GUN is as easy as finding a WORD, you’ll have as bizarre tragedies as VIRGINIA TECH murders.

Do you know how your day is going to be? May be. But are you sure, you’ll see through the day? Who knows, who has lost his mind and wants to use a GUN to make a STATEMENT! And what if he’s just in your way!

We are the craziest specie on this planet. The biggest advantage we have over other animals is our biggest enemy also. Our MIND! We can do miracles as long as our MIND is in our control. As soon as we lose control, the destruction is triggered.

Crazy! It’s more crazier because we have invented a destructive toy called GUN and made it available to CRAZY MINDS without any hurdle! The debate is gaining momentum in USA, over the right to 'bear guns'. There are arguments from gun-lobby to safeguard the BASIC right of every citizen to bear a gun. But what about the basic right of any human to LIVE! This basic right is in danger because any crazy MIND can lay his hands on a GUN and shoot helter-skelter, just to make a STATEMENT!

That crazy person can make his violent STATEMENT through any other weapon also. But the damage could be less. If the Virginia shooter had a knife in his hand, he wouldn’t be able to kill so many people. He would have been overpowered also.

Do you know that in the last one year, more Americans were shot dead/committed suicide with a gun than the number American soldiers who died in Iraq! The real WAR is at home, where each citizen is well-armed to kill anyone. He just needs a REASON! Any crazy REASON! For anyone who wants to ignore USA’s policy regarding gun-culture, let me tell you, Minal Panchal was our own girl. And there are millions of our boys and girls who are studying in American schools/colleges. And there are millions of our people who are a good part of America. And don’t forget we’re a global citizen! Anything that happens in any part of the globe will affect us more now, than ever before!

The Virginia Tech killing reminds me of an incident that happened in our own city, Mumbai, a few years back.
Do you remember this crazy guy?
This guy also lost his mind, and decided to make a VIOLENT STATEMENT!
He got down at Grant Road railway station and bought a knife and went to Gateway of India. The Gateway is a busy tourist spot on weekends.

There were two girls who were spending their leisure hours at the Gateway. And they never imagined that they will be a part of that crazy guy’s violent journey. That guy stabbed one girl in the stomach without any provocation! And she lost her life!

Just imagine, if that crazy guy could buy a GUN as easily as a knife!
That could have been the bloodiest day at the Gateway of India!

Just imagine!