Surrendering Freedom

Let's face it. We do it all the time.
We voluntarily surrender some of our freedom every time we get into our cars to travel on public roads.
We surrender some of our freedom when we arrive at work, school or a public park.
We surrender some of our freedom when we get married or even enter into a close relationship with someone. We most definitely surrender some of our freedom when we have kids ...
... or buy a house
... or join a church
... or go on a particular diet
So many of the choices we make require surrendering parts of our freedom -- and we do it every day!

But we'll make no compromise on guns.
No universal background checks.
No bans on certain types of weapons.
No limits on magazine capacity.
No restrictions on who can carry nor on where they can carry.
No ...
No ...
No ...

We would rather risk our lives and the lives of our children whenever we send them to school, take them to church, go to a movie, or even just stop by the grocery store for a candy bar and soda.
I guess they are (and we, ourselves are) less valuable than the freedom we so tightly cling to.

It has been a few days.
There really isn't a question of if there will be another mass shooting. The only questions are --
When?
Where?
and How many more will die?

What kind of people are we that the best we can hope for is that it won't be here and it will be somebody else's loved one that dies?

John