Society's safety Rant

As we read and hear about recent school shootings, does it scare you? Does it make you think of your surroundings? About Lewis? I feel like things have gotten out of control. Places we used to go and feel safe are no longer comforting. Our guards must be put up at all times, we have learned to distrust and instead we fear everyone who looks suspicious, or even if they just dress differently. We seek to blame others and we demand justice after the damage has been done. But is there really someone whose to blame? In these times, who do we blame directly for the actions and mistakes of others? There would be so many issues because we have people like police officers, security guards, teachers, parents, the government, the president himself, the kid who was bullied, the kid who’s mental illness was never given a second opinion, or the women/men who never got the help they needed because society shut them down. There are so many people living in this society and as much as we want peace no one is 100% down to make a change. I think that’s always going to be a problem as humans, we won’t speak up, we won’t help and we won’t take action unless it affects us personally in any way. So now, when we have school shootings, or shootings at the mall and or theatre, who do we blame? The shooter? The parents/guardians, friends, family, teachers, the doctors? It’s a sad cycle and I really do hope we come to a solution after so many innocent lives have been lost already. Society praises safety but they put restrictions, limitations and rules that prevent a change. Or even better, my favorite excuse of them all, they do nothing.

It’s fair to say that I don’t feel safe anywhere else except my home.

When I was little, I felt safer than I do now. In the future, my kid’s safety will be one more thing I have to worry about and living in fear sucks.

Rant over.