"Guns don't kill people. People kill people."

Incidents. They come in two forms: The good incidents and the bad incidents.

Lately, bad incidents have been happening across America, and they all have two things in common - guns and people.

Let's start with the fact that I am Pro-gun. I do believe in the saying "Guns don't kill people. People kill people." and I do believe there should NOT be a ban on the purchase of guns. What I do stress is the process in which a person, whose mental health is an obvious implication of what could come, are given a gun. Also, a huge peeve may be those parents who believe their child is responsible when given a gun, thinking it is for recreational use only, much like a recent case.

The New York Daily News reported that an 11-year-old boy took away his father's fiancee life, who happened to be eight months pregnant, by shooting her in the head while she slept. The 11-year-old then hid the shotgun, and ran before missing the school bus. He is in custody, floating around, because they are still unsure of how to charge him - a juvenile or adult.

It is cases like that that make my blood curl. The breaking news of yesterdays shooting in Alabama broke off another piece of my heart. Twelve to thirteen innocent lives were taken yesterday for no legitimate reason; however, there is never a justifiable reason to take a life. One life, especially, was barely given the chance to live, or take her first steps. Her name was Ella Myer and she was a mere four-months-old. Ella was shot along with her mother and 18-month-old sister.

My heart finally broke when I heard of Reverend Kernal Rehobson whose live had been taken while giving a sermon on the pulpit. Shot by a man who, apparently, had already been diagnosed with Lyme Disease. In a study conducted on Lyme Disease by two doctors, it was found that there are neurological effects that occur when diagnosed with this disease - "impacting primarily on attention and reasoning." - what does that say to you?

These people with mental diseases, such as this, should be given a heavy background check. Some states have already implemented such a law, such as: California, Colorado and only a couple of others. While this may come off contradicting to some (being pro-gun, yet ask for a background check) I do not intend to infer that. What I am implying, and would love more than anything, is to see a crackdown on the purchase of guns. Make sure the loons, the hard criminals, and the children DO NOT get these guns placed into their hands. America has seen what the consequences are many a times. Why does it take stories such as these to be a knock on our hearts?

The eerie part is is that this will not change. Guns are sold to those who seem to be in their right state of mind, and one day they just... snap. With breaking stories like these that keep occurring, what seems like, everyday, I'm learning to shut off the news and look to the sky. I figure that's where the real answers are anyway.

Like John Mayer sings:

"It's hard to beat the system when we're standing at a distance, so we keep waiting on the world to change."