The addiction to opioid’s in Alaska is an affliction, only playing second-fiddle to the disease of irresponsible gun-ownership! Each are mental health issues often culminating in senseless death — unintentional overdoses imperiling abuse and depressed hair-trigger impulses in Alaskan’s manically-obsessed suicide victims! Sadly, both seem endemic weapons of self-destruction available at our fingertips. And even more revolting, both seem to be on the increase in our Alaskan communities, and must be legislatively addressed … this session! For, even more socially disparaging, when these emotional-exhilarants combine, they are prone to become homicidal (especially so, as we train our children with video game, assault weapon use), to the detriment of public safety.<\/p>\n
Alaska tops the list of the 50 states in deaths resulting from a gun, with about eight deaths every month or nearly 100 per year: That’s with just over 730,000 citizens. Realistically, some may be judged accidental, but of the 95 a-year that are not, most “shooters” are bred as “domestic abusers.”<\/p>\n
Rep. Paul Seaton, R-Homer, is sponsoring legislation to detour Alaska from this opioid induced cultural-suicide. He has introduced House Bill 159 to create a statewide opioid-distribution database in his House Rules Committee (while Gov. Bill Walker has requested a similar bill, Senate Bill 79, to be considered in Senate Rules. The Senate Majority seems of other priorities that don’t include Alaskan’s health and civil-welfare — at least so far this session! Both opioid bills require pharmacies maintain a database of consumption, statewide, enabling authorities’ better records of purchase for this often abused prescription medication.<\/p>\n
Rep. Geran Tarr, D-Anchorage, has introduced HB 75 in the House Judiciary Committee intending to maintaining a Domestic Abusers’ “no-buy” list be included on Alaska’s National Instant criminal background Check System (NICS), banning these inclined to assault, from purchasing weapons.<\/p>\n
The nightmare of trying to function in an “un-locked and loaded” society was dispelled in the early 20th century (after Al Capone’s, Valentine’s Day Massacre, or in Alaska, Soapy’s gun-fight with lawman Frank Reid), so we must not allow our children to anticipate or fear this disease, preparing for their adult life.<\/p>\n
John S. Sonin,<\/strong><\/p>\n Douglas<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"