Saturday, January 18, 2014

Misuse of Guns? Police Officers are At-Risk Members of Society

   In some ways, perhaps, law enforcement officers are at-risk members of our society. No, I am not referring to their putting their lives on the line, though it is true they are at risk in that manner, also. I mean, they are at risk to misuse guns.
   The gun is part of their lives, more than it is for most of us. They live with a tool that was engineered to bring about death. That is its purpose. Should ever they have a thought toward death, it is there waiting for them. Since it is so much a part of their lives, the shadow of its purpose is forever with them. An inanimate object is not literally capable of tapping someone on the shoulder, saying, "Use me," but that is the essence of the effect a gun sometimes has on those who make it so much a part of their lives. It may not affect all of them that way, but some of them, it does.

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