Denial

There has been a lot of talk about the terrorist attack in Paris and Syrian refugee. Many Americans do not want to open our door to the Syrian refugee; they fear that the same thing will happen on American soil. There are many posts on social media about this subject. Texas' governor, Greg Abbott, along with dozen other states governor already refuse to accept the Syrian refugee even though the Fed already warn that the states do not have the power to refuse the refugee.

I understand why many Americans do not want to accept refugee, but  I have to disagree with that. When did America only think of America?! When did the citizen of America only think of ourselves? America has never been a selfish nation. We always step in to help other nations when needed. In World War 1 and 2, even though we didn't want to step in and get sucks in the war, we still did. We help our neighbors. In the Vietnam War, we stepped in and made it worse when we suddenly pulled back, but Vietnam would have been in a much worse situation if America didn't step in and help. America also accepted thousands and thousands of Vietnamese refugees running from their ruined homeland. We did not know if there were people that pretend to be a Vietnamese refugee to come to America and take revenge, or to bomb America. America accept them all with open arm because it's the humane thing to do.

We have drifted so far from thinking of what is the humane and right thing. When did we become so afraid that we close our door to everyone and only think of us? No one wants what happen in Paris to happen here, but is closing our door to the Syrian refugee going to change any of that? We have at least one mass shooting here in America by an American every week, right in our back yard, and no one is doing a thing to stop that, or make a big deal on social media. If someone speak out and say how they feel, they get attack by those that love the Second Amendment. You know what, we locked our door at night to protect the people inside, but not from foreigners that try to escape the ruined of their country (that caused by America, in a way), but we lock our door to protect us from the people right in our backyard. They only want to find peace after suffering so much.

Commentary on Colleague

I have to agree with my colleague Javier Sandoval. In his blog, Don't Mess With Citizens, he criticized Texas officials denying a birth certificate to children born to illegal immigrants. By denying a birth certificate, we're going against the US Constitution, which promised citizenship to anyone that born on USA lands. 

There are a few minor things that Texas officials might have forgotten. We can't make laws that are denying someone right(s) that is against the Constitutions. Another thing is if we deny someone birth- certificate, they can't go to school and get the education they need. If someone can't get their education, they can't be successful in life and will become a burden to society. By denying a birth certificate to someone, you are also denying other public services that could help them. 

It is not the children fault that their parents decide to come here illegally and give birth. Their parents decided to do what they did. It is not the children fault that they were born in US land illegally. They do not have a choice. We shouldn't punish the children for what the parents did, besides they only want what is best for their children. Any parents would want the best for their children, and the US is the land of opportunity, so why do we deny people of their birth rights. 

Guns Guns Guns....and more Guns!!

Guns control has always been the problematic subject in the country, but now we have to worry about guns control on campus. We as a country haven't do anything to decrease mass shooting in public, school ground and college campuses. Almost every week we have to hear of a mass shooting somewhere in the country. In Texas alone, there are 16 mass shootings this year. I got at least two notify texts and emails from ACC about a suspect with a gun around the Eastview campus. Just about one or two weeks ago, Eastview campus was locked down because of a suspect pursued. What other evidences do we need before the national, states and locals government step in and do something?

I do not agree with allowing a student to carry guns on campus. That's just asking for trouble. Many college students are underage, even those that are 21 years or older is not mature or psychologically stable to handle a gun. I don't trust most adults out there to carry a gun. If we let college students carry a gun on campus, it will be the last and biggest mass shooting we'll see, or we'll just have more mass shooting every day. And, it will become an everyday thing. Oh wait, it's already an everyday thing right now.

The State and local governments need to work together to work out a solution for gun control. We need to have stricter guns control. We're living in a country that the government control and monitor how much pseudoephedrine we can buy in a transaction and a month. But, we do not have a proper way to prevent people from using a gun to harm the innocents.