It's been a while since I've blogged, but a tragic accident happened over the weekend that leaves me speechless.
We always say that we lose the good ones and God takes them away first. Why is that? Why does God take away the people that we need on this Earth to make a difference? The people who are actually better role models than the next citizen? The kind of people that others who seeks life partners are looking for? The kind of people whose parents are so proud to call their child or the friend that's considered a family member?
I will never understand or care to understand the fascination in guns. My dad raised me on them and taught me how to shoot my first BB gun in elementary. I would read marksmanship books after school to improve my skills in target shooting. I shot targets in the backyard with my BB gun. My dad took me with him to the shooting range to shoot pistols. Sure, they were for sport and I didn't fear them as I do now. Having a rifle under my bed was nothing.
It wasn't until after high school that I found a fear in guns. Too many innocent people are being shot and losing their lives to pointless murders, suicides, accidental discharges, or careless keeping of them in the house around kids. I've lost friends to bullets and so has everyone else. Everyday, on the news, there's an overnight shooting in Oakland. Minors kill without thinking of the consequences... You're taking a life and you'll owe your own some way or another. These people don't think about the families left behind or the impact their victims had in the community. No one will ever know or experience the stories of these victims because they didn't have a chance to experience life or share it with others.
A single shot is all it takes and in an instant, a life is taken away. Whether the shot was taken out of anger, sport, or careless actions, a life was taken and will never come back. A life that probably had more dreams to reach, more goals to obtain, a family to live for, a memory to make is now no more.
All the tragic events that have happened with guns to people I know leave me fearful of them. I've shot guns since my elementary years and I'm a grown ass woman with a son, who now fears that the worst can come at any time. Guns kill and it kills everyone involved. I vow to never have guns in my household. I don't care if it's for protection. I cannot risk any accidents of accidental discharge, the gun being loaded, the gun being mishandled. I just cannot. I'd rather be careful than careless or care less. Life is much too precious to keep such a dangerous weapon in my possession.
RIP Mikel Franco Enriquez
April 28, 2012
An Antioch Man Who Accidentally Shot His Brother
I'm honored to have crossed your path in life. Although we were just acquaintances, I know you were a beautiful soul and a good friend to everyone. Safe travels and say hi to RJ for me. Life is too short and I can't say that enough. Rest in paradise where you'll always be safe.
