My Condolences

I just wanted to make an in between and talk about the terrors that have recently happened in America. Yes, I know that this has nothing against the rest of the world and that there are so many different countries out there who have continued to have horrible things happen to them and my heart goes out to those countries. In this country there has been issue after issue. First there was the hurricanes and I had people that I know that had substantial damage. Then there was the shooting in Las Vegas that was absolutely terrible and heart wrenching, knowing that there was someone out there that did that for no real reason. Then there was the run down in New York that included a man running down people near the Hudson Bay. Then there was the recent shooting in the Texas Church and from what I have read about it, the man was angry at his mother-in-law and he went to the church to shoot her and her fellow worshipers and when he got there she wasn't even there. Just recently there was a shooting in the small town that I grew up in with two casualties.
I would like to make something perfectly clear though, I am not against guns, I'm against gun violence but I don't think that just because there are people in this world with so much hate in their hearts that everyone is bad and that they should not have that right to protect themselves. There are the rare cases where someone uses a gun to shoot and kill others but that also means that there's also people out there that in extreme cases are able to use their weapons to protect themselves and others. Take for example one of my dad's, he is a police officer and he does carry a gun around with him to most places that he goes. That does not mean that he is going to use it to kill innocent people for no reason but instead defend and protect those people who are in harm's way.
Yet again I feel so much pain for those who are affected by this gun violence and my condolences are to you and your families.

Lots of love,
Madelyn