You came to earth to resolve certain unfinished aspects of your being (usually about love of self). But because you have free will, you cannot simply be given your lovability. You must come to find it for yourself.
Society is always changing, but today the pace of change has dramatically increased, and that leaves some people who don’t handle change very well, out of the loop. Their response is to cling to old ways of being that are fast fading into the sunset. They feel like they are losing their grip on reality. These people grasp for stability amongst chaos.
The undertaking we are involved in means making changes to what we believe about ourselves. But we resist doing that. Although our life has potholes, we would rather stay in our more familiar “comfort zone” with all it’s troubles, than face the uncertainties of the unknown.
Eliminating guns in this country, which is not likely to happen, would dramatically reduce the damage, but interestingly, would not solve the underlying problem of which guns are only a symptom.
Abuse in it’s many forms is the most demeaning thing that can be done to a person. We all have a sense of the integrity of our personhood, and when that is violated, we lose the sanctity of our beingness.