Well, I was going to write about cooking beans, but since the topic of the shooting is still so fresh and intense, my bean dilemma seems too silly to care about. So what do I write about? Do I rehash unpleasant memories of family? Do I remind people that every year children shoot children? I can think of at least four or five incidences of how a child got hold of a gun and shot a brother or a sister 'accidentally'.

One incident happened in my former home town, right as the step dad was teaching the three boys how to shoot! Seriously! Or should I exclaim... SERIOUSLY? You want to teach children how to shoot guns? It was all perfectly legal, and well within that parent's rights. He really thought he was doing the kids a favor by taking them shooting. Now one kid is dead, and the rest permanently emotionally scarred.

Another incident happened in a family where the dad was extremely careful about locking things up tight. Sadly, young eyes were watching, and when both parents were away, and the little sister got to be too annoying, the boy went to where everything was locked up. Knowing exactly what to do every step of the way he got the key, the guns, the ammo, and shot his sister to death.

In another incident, which happens quite often, a boy was handling a rifle, just playing, and it went off, shooting a brother. It happens every year in every state. Sometimes it's a neighbor, sometimes a friend. Accidental shootings occur all the time with perfectly legal weapons in perfectly law abiding households.

Gun control? How? Who? Let's talk about stupidity control. In my opinion, people with children in the home should not have a guns, ever! Simple as that. Kids, even those without any sign of mental instability, lack wisdom and judgment. Unless you can supervise your child every moment of every day, (and what parent can?) you should not leave this hazardous temptation anywhere nearby.

This show called "End Time Preppers" is really scary to me. People are gearing up for some kind of apocalypse, and possibly creating it in the process! The only thing I intend to store is FOOD, and possibly blankets. If my neighbors come, hungry, I will feed them. I would rather face the risk of marauders invading my food stash than to have to deal with the kinds of tragedies listed above.