This is an excerpt from my personal journal on the night of October 02, 2017. This was the first time I had been able to form coherent thoughts on the Las Vegas tragedy, even though this seems rather scatterbrained. My intent is that human lives should never be used as leverage for any political movement. Ever. Not even in the slightest. Humans are not and never should be used as pawns, whether they are dead or alive.

Please think about what you are saying before you start to push your gun control views. Please think about the at least 59 who died and the 500 more who are still hurt. Please think about the lives that they were in the middle of living before you tell someone how it could’ve been stopped. Please choose to live a loving life for the rest of your days. The only way to win against terrorism is to not let it get us down. We as humans, not as Americans must band together and show solidarity. Pray, mourn, be hopeful! We must stand together as one and do these things. Americans died mothers, fathers, sons, daughters, brothers, and sisters. These souls were husband and wives, they were best friends, and most importantly they were human. So please don’t use this tragedy to push any agenda. It’s so much more than that, it’s about hate and love, now’s not the time. Now’s the time to stand up together as one unified in love. Now‘s the time to forget our differences. Democrats and Republicans don’t matter in this anymore all that matters is it real human lives were taken 59 of them and real human lives were harmed 500 of them. Families were ruined lives were destroyed. And all you can think about; all you can say is that if gun control had been stricter this wouldn’t have happened, or that if we had less gun control this wouldn’t have happened. Seriously that’s all you can think about is a political movement and an agenda. Please dig down deep to your most basic form and just feel human again.What does it feel like to lose a loved one or best friend? Do you want to hear someone talk about gun control rhetoric? If you were directly involved in this tragedy is that what you want to hear about? Or do you just want humans; your neighbors and your friends to mourn with you. United as one not for the cause of gun control, but for the cause of loving on one another.