Most of you have heard about the fatal shooting in Parkland, Florida at a high school where seventeen innocent individuals were massacred. Fortunately, the shooting suspect was caught and taken into custody.
Mass shootings and massacres are increasing in frequency. According to Wikipedia, the incidence of public shootings has tripled since 2011 and that we have more mass shootings than any other country. However, another source stated that other European countries may have the same issues as us.
We must examine what is not working in our system and how we can change our current methods of protecting our children and getting the proper help for the dysfunctional citizens of our country.
My heart and prayers goes out to all the victims and their families. They have my deepest and most profound condolences.
No one should have to endure such tragedies especially in a school environment where children are expected to be in a safe place. I found this this senseless crime quite disturbing and felt compelled to write this blog to offer some type of solution to this complex problem. Many people are pro gun control in light of increasing incidence of shootings. However, will that in itself prevent future shootings? In Chicago it is illegal to own a gun but yet they have the highest murder rate in the country. According to a firearms expert, most of the US mass shootings occur in gun free zones. One thing for sure is that we need to make it much more difficult to get a gun especially if an individual is determined to be mentally unstable by the medical community. We need to support legislation that supports this.
In this high tech age, we should also use technology to our advantage to help save lives. GPS has been one of the greatest inventions of this century and has helped millions around the world to navigate their way around. GPS has been used to track our cars and cell phone’s location. It has been used to keep track of parolees as well. Meanwhile, microchipping has been done for quite a few years with our canine friends to help owners or companions retrieve their lost loved ones. Companies are beginning to microchip employees. Although I am not an advocate of microchipping, perhaps the usage of the two can be used with high risk individuals to prevent them from purchasing firearms or anything that can be purchased to make any explosive or harmful device. However, let me propose a holistic way of addressing this complex problem that incorporates technology but also provide a humane approach to helping people. Below is one idea of how we can help the individual and protect our children.
Once an individual has been determined to be a high risk for violence, he or she should get psychiatric and counseling care ( mental, emotional and nutritional support ). Any medications that are used long term with no results in improving the individual’s condition need to be reassessed. Those that cause any adverse reactions like anxiety, suicidal ideations, aggressive or anti-social behaviors may need to be adjusted or slowly weaned away. If the individual does not improve then he or she should get a referral to one of Dr. Amen’s clinics to get a Spect Scan to assess the brain of any organic changes, tumors, exposure to environment toxins or chemical imbalances. Dr. Amen is the leading brain expert, a pioneer psychiatrist, brain disorder specialist who has helped many people heal their brains and improve their mental, emotional and behavioral issues by analyzing brain Spect Scans and then setting up a comprehensive treatment regime to correct the problem by way of a holistic and integrative approach. If for some reason the individual continues to be a high risk then this individual may then be a candidate for microchipping and monitoring by law enforcement. The individual may even be mandated to have microchips embedded into his or her driver’s license and credit cards. The next step would be to upload information about all the high risk into a national computer system that links in with nationwide gun shops. When the individual goes to shop to purchase a gun and tries to use his credit card and driver’s license, an alert is given to the clerk that this individual is a high risk for aggressive behavior and the transaction is cancelled and a message is sent to local authorities about the attempted purchase and law enforcement may need to keep tighter surveillance of the individual especially with public places or schools.
Another idea is microchipping or putting technology in all guns sold in the USA. A monitoring device could be put in all schools or public places that picks up a signal of the microchip within 1/2 mile of its location. If someone enters the zone of the monitoring device with a gun with a microchip, an instant lock down alert can be sent out to the school and law enforcement simultaneously. The microchip will also give authorities the pin point location of where the shooter is via GPS. Law enforcement and school officials can have access and trace the movement of the shooter.
Tile Mate has a system like that to help the user locate their keys, phone, wallet or car. I lost my wallet yesterday in San Rafael but was able to find it with the help of my Tile Mate app and Tile Mate placed in my wallet. Tile Mate can be quite helpful for the user in locating their lost devices but something like that with a microchip could help us avoid mass shootings again or at least minimize its frequency.
Besides the above, we as a society must minimize access to those who are high risk to games that promote violence like many war games do. Those who are microchipped are not allowed to purchase such games. The long term solution is to get rid of all such games completely as we reach a more enlightened society.
Spiritually speaking, we should continue to pray for the victims and their families and offer whatever support we an give them. They need emotional, psychological and some even need financial support for the survivors. We as a civilization must take care of the sick members of our society which include those who are dysfunctional, physically and mentally challenged and the aged.
We must support more brothers and sister to live a more enlightened, compassionate and harmonious life. We can’t change the entire planet over night but the greater amount of enlightened beings are on this planet, the better our society will be. Studies have shown that crime rate has dropped in areas where enlightened beings were placed.
Stopping mass shootings will take bipartisan support and presidential support. A panel of experts from law enforcement, physicians like Dr. Axe, Dr. Mercola and Dr. Andrew Weil, religious leaders, psychologists, psychiatrists from Dr. Amen’s clinic, geneticist like Dr. Bruce Lipton, nutritionists, high tech and social media companies and leaders and spiritual masters can assemble to develop a comprehensive system to address the mass shooting issues.
I truly believe that changing our society and civilization begin with changing ourselves first. It is extremely important that we support our children with lots of love, support and guidance at an early age and throughout their life cycle. We need to spend more time with family than technology. We must minimize the amount of toxins we are consuming, inhaling or exposed to in our food, fruits, and water supply. We must educate ourselves about the importance of nutrition as it relates to mental and emotional well-being and teach our kids that. We must learn stress management techniques and teach our children. I have one chapter in my first book, Dare to Imagine, dedicated to stress management. We must detox regularly to remove the toxins and metals that are being stored in our liver, spleen, thyroid and brain which could affect our mental and emotional well-being. We must realize that we are interconnected as part of a Divine Family and are all God’s children and Consciousness.
May this blog encourage others to begin dialoguing about how to remedy the mass shooting issues that has widespread ramifications.
May Peace Prevail on Earth! Om shanti, shanti, shantihi!
Love,
Blake Sinclair