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Why have I chosen this subject because of another mass shooting, I can talk about weapons because I know from experience what and which most weapons can do, I have used and been on the receiving end of many different weapons during my military years. Wheather it's a matter of a hate crime, religion or terrorist its happening all over the world, people thinking that they can kill because they have a weapon from a legal or illegal source, in America it's rampant, in schools, in work places and in shopping centers everywhere someone has a weapon and for what ever reason they are determined to kill. It maybe because they are totally insane, they hate some sort of religion, they are dissatisfied with someone for some reason or they are simply a terrorist, rarely the law enforcement agencies find out the reason why, how can someone go into a shopping center and start shooting indiscriminately at men, women and children, what is really going through that person's head, I'm not psychological capable of giving an explanation but I know that it is wrong, the amount of hate in that person's head must be so overwhelming for that person to embark on such a horrendous act, to kill innocent people who he or she don't even know. If it's not in America then perhaps it's a mass stabbing in the UK because guns are not that readily available so that person uses a knife which can be bought anywhere and doesn't need a license and then they use it, again who knows for what reason, even here in Croatia people have not handed their weapons that they used during the war into the police so the guns or grenades are still in their houses, not locked up but just in a secret place well away from the public eye, who knows perhaps they are planning to use them one day. It is terrible that when you have a disagreement with someone in whatever country you live in you don't just use your fists like in days gone by, no you reach for a gun or knife to make sure that you win and probably end the argument once and for all by taking the other persons life, what an awful thing to do. In the illegal drug producing countries of South America the drug cartels frequently kill just because someone is trying to move in on their business so they make the competition go away for good by killing that person or persons who are attempting to take over the other persons territory, why is there so much hate in this world why are people committing these crimes against someone else, I for one have no idea at all perhaps you do but I really hope that it will stop so that innocent people can go along with their daily lives without the thought of being attacked by some unidentified person who has in his or her mind the intent of murder. 

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