Rant #3,292: Why? Why? Why? (Is It So Hard?)

Today, I go for another round of physical therapy.

I am getting there, but I know that I have a long way to go.

Late Wednesday afternoon, I heard, like most of us did, that the Super Bowl parade in Kansas City was marred by gunshots, and that around two dozen people--mostly kids--were hit.

There was also one fatality, an adult female who was a well-known personality in the community.

The police--with the help of some of the attendees--have three people in custody, and the reason for the gunfire evidently was nothing more than an argument that broke out within the crowd.

Guns, guns, guns ... why are weapons being brought to a gathering of upwards of a million people who are simply there to honor their Super Bowl heroes?

Why did an argument spark the use of gunfire?

I am sure we will find out plenty during the next few days and weeks about what happened and why it happened, but it appears that crowd control chages are going to be necessary to at least stem some of the violence at sports-related celebrations.

Adding in this Super Bowl celebration, there has been violence at all the recent sports celebrations, perhaps not at the level of this latest incident, but at an alarming level nonetheless.

Guns and some of the people in our country simply do not mix, and measures evidently have to be taken to protect us from ourselves.

I believe the Kansas City Police Department--and all police departments nationwide--must adopt the measures taken by the New York City Police Deosrtment to protect attendees of such New York celebrations as the Thanksgiving Day Parade and New Year's Eve in Times Square.

Every person looking to attend these events is searched at a variety of checkpoints, cannot carry any bags or umbrellas and cannot leave and come back to the festivities area.

I think that the NYPD can teach these police departments a thing or two about crowd control, as the high-profile events like Thaksgiving and New Year's Eve have gone relatively peacefully on the highest of high profile stages.

People know what they are in for when they decide to attend these events, police are all over the place--many of them undercover--and nothing can get by the checkpoints.

Unfortunately, you just can't get up and go to these events anymore; you have to be fully prepared for the unexpected.

And in the Kansas City case, those thst pulled the trigger to lead to the death of an innocent woman should, if convicted, get the death penalty.

Why not make them an example?

And as for guns, I do believe.that probably nine out of 10 gun owners in our country know what they are doing as a gun owner, but thst one imbecile who doesn't is, unfortunately, going to ruin it for the others.

We need harsher and more restrictive gun laws for everyone, and we need these laws NOW.

You can hem and haw about your right to own and carry a legal weapon, but like when you were in school, the one dummy who says something when the teavher says not to, and gets the entire class in trouble, is going to have to apply with guns too.

You have one idiot, and that idiot is going to have to spoil it for everyone because of his or her actions.

Unfortunately, the Kansas City situation proved once again that this is not a cartoon, and guns do kill when in the wrong hands.

And if there are extra restrictions put on legal, law abiding gun owners, well, thst is just too bad.

Right now, there is just one fatality reported in Kansas City, but that is simply one too many.

And as an aside, what do the sports leagues have to say about this situation and the situations that have marred all the respective leagues' victory celebrations?

Have a great, safe weekend, and I will speak to you again on Monday.