My Response To The Orlando Tragedy

By Daddy

Opinion— Orlando had a terrible weekend, one that tears at the very fiber of my being. Two separate tragic incidents.

First, Christina Grimmie was shot by a lone gunman armed with two guns and a knife. Christina's brother Marcus immediately tackled the suspect stopping him from causing any more harm to Christina and her fans. Two deaths, No Injuries.

Second was at Pulse, a popular nightclub which was invaded by a gunman with a handgun and an AR15 rifle. Challenged by a off-duty police officer it then turned into a hostage situation and the situation wasn't resolved until swat showed up. 50 dead, 53 Wounded.

In the first situation two people were killed and one has to wonder how many people were saved by that act of courage that Christina's Brother showed?

In the second situation fifty people died and another fifty three people were injured. In that situation one has to wonder that if that lone policeman had armed back up, how many people would have been saved?

We'll never know. So I question myself: "What can I do?"

I live in an open-carry state. I also know that given my proficiency with my 9mm handgun that the 2nd incident would have been over in minutes not hours, if I had happened to have been there and if I had happen to have been exercising my 2nd amendment rights.

So it's time to get my handgun out of the closet, get it professionally cleaned and serviced, and then go to a shooting range and see if I still have the accuracy that I did when I was a younger man. If I don't, I'll practice until I regain it. Then I'll be buying a clip-on holster and a gun safe for the car.

You see I'm one of those weird birds that'll put himself in harm's way to protect his brothers and sisters. A few minutes can make all the difference in the world. The police can not be everywhere all the time. So it behoves us to actively protect ourselves until they arrive.