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Can't Wait Another Minute

Guns and Solutions [ or lack there of ]

Here we go again, another tragedy, another distraught mother. It is obvious that the gun lobby is too strong in the US to have a sensible change to gun ownership, so rather than do absolutely nothing again, I would suggest a debate on requiring insurance on gun ownership. The insurance industry has a great track record on profitability and understands the risks associated with gun ownership. They are also fairly adept at creating acceptable standards and costs that are relevant to the actual cost of ownership and behavior. No system will ever be perfect but the one we have now does not obviously work. The idea would be to create a system where the gun owners would create a more stringent criteria to own a gun because their insurance rates would go up for every incident. The insurance industry while reducing costs and risk that is data driven, would work with the gun owners, lobbyists and politicians, as opposed to continually citing the second amendment and the right to bear arms, which our forefathers would not have been able to foresee, highly automated weapons in large population centers. Could we possibly begin with a 25 % reduction in gun incidents, that would translate into thousands of lives and people not affected by violence. I believe if your heart strings can't be moved then perhaps it's time to take a look at your wallet. Perhaps if the true cost of ownership is borne by the people who want them, then perhaps there might be a system that prevents them from falling into the wrong hands. We need to start somewhere! Please let me know your thoughts as I am at a loss at the indifference shown to defenseless human beings who have no interest at harming any other individuals with raw violence. I am also sure with the brain power available on Linked In that a sensible solution is not far away!

#can'twaitanotherminute

Part of my job as a musician is to write about these things in verse, this was written in response to Sandy Hook, Colorado and Charleston

Can't Wait Another Minute

 Chorus

 It will happen sooner than later

To another younger brother

And from one pillar to another

Another distraught mother

From crazies and I did it’s

Can’t wait another minute

From a weeping eye to dry

 Bridge

I came from another planet

To see this earthly plight

I met a girl named Janet

Who walked me through

This thing called Urban Blight

 Verse 1

 There were hookers and ho's

A white girl named Mo

Selling lipstick and rubbers

And a whole lot of trouble

So that John from the burbs

Could get high enough

And then kicked to the curb

That's how he likes it; ROUGH

Verse 2

There was jokers and cash

Some dude named Stash

Who was wheelin and dealin

Like Wall St with feelings

So his clientele

Would always come back

From a trip to hell

When they cut down on the purity

 Verse 3

There were protesters with guns

And God was on the podium

Selling the power and the spirit

Embracing the I did it's

With forgiveness

And a sense of righteousness

We will all relive this

Until the guns have all been melted down

This is part of the new AirCrash Detectives album, Thoughts From The Drunk Vaults, due out January 5, 2016