Guns Do What They Do

Guns

They do what they do

Put holes in us

That’s what they do.

Guns

They do what they do

Kill the innocent in the parking lot*

That’s what they do.

*https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/26/us/kentucky-kroger-shooting/index.html

Guns

They do what they do

Blow away the innocent as they dance**

That’s what they do.

**https://abcnews.go.com/US/multiple-people-injured-reported-mass-shooting-california-bar/story?id=59050130

Guns

They do what they do

Destroy life and limb and parents’ hearts

That’s what they do.

Guns

They do what they do

Blow away unarmed black men and children***

That’s what they do.

***https://www.vox.com/identities/2018/8/31/17806216/washington-post-police-shootings-black-children-glenn-kessler-tamir-rice-jordan-edwards

Guns

They do what they do

Maim worshippers both Jew and gentile****

That’s what they do.

****https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/27/us/mass-shootings-church-synagogue-temple.html

Guns

They do what they do

While we offer hope and prayer*****

That’s just what they do.

*****https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFM1aXtdTZY

Guns

They do what they do

Threaten asylum seekers+

That’s just what they do.

+ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7htzMIAdqiE

Guns

They do what they do

Display the power of the owner 
That’s just what they do.

Guns

They do what they do

While Congress bows to the NRA++

That’s just what they do.

++https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/10/04/opinion/thoughts-prayers-nra-funding-senators.html

Guns

They do what they do

Hunting and humane purposes

That’s what they also do.

But guns

In the hands of some

But guns

The big ones for use in times of war++

They do what they do

They do those things they do all too well.

And only time will tell

If we shall do

What we need to do

To save us from ourselves

And for generations to come.

++https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Assault_Weapons_Ban

Only time will tell

But guns do what they do.