媽媽，天堂有沒有槍？/Mom, are guns also in heaven?

長期以來，槍支泛濫問題一直是美國社會犯罪率居高不下的主因，但由於美國憲法第二修正案禁止侵犯"人民持有與攜帶武器的權利"，讓槍枝管製政策無法順利推動。加上"全國步槍協會"是美國最有影響力的遊說團體，讓推動管製更為困難，因為幾乎沒有候選人敢公開得罪向來大方提供政治獻金的步槍協會，因此槍支管製一直是美國難解的政治議題，向來自己就站在持槍自衛的反對陣營，持槍自衛不如在自家安裝 security systems. 美國若不再修正現有槍支持有法律，諸如此次濫射濫殺的悲劇就會一再重演。這次慘案令天下父母心碎，因為凶手是個有心理疾病的二十歲青少年，死亡的28人當中，有20個年齡隻有5 - 7 歲的孩子，凶手槍殺了自己的母親，又到母親就職的學校大開殺戒而後自戕。如果凶手的母親不買槍，也許悲劇就不會發生，或者，無辜的犧牲者人數會少一些。



親愛的媽媽，
能不能再為我說天堂與地獄的故事一遍
今天，
我真心不想看電視
因為電視裏有血淋淋的畫麵
還有阿姨叔叔們哭得傷心的臉

媽媽，你曾說，天堂和地獄裏的人們
每個人都有一雙很長很長的筷子來夾菜吃飯
地獄裏的人每到吃飯時間
就很煩躁不安
筷子太長怎麽都無法將飯菜送到自己嘴邊
他們越用力想把自己喂養
越是餓得慌
天堂裏的人們卻不一樣
最快樂的事就是吃飯
他們彼此夾菜送飯給對方
飯桌被感謝的歡笑聲充滿

媽媽， 我知道天堂地獄都有筷子
那麽，天堂和地獄有沒有槍？

那個大哥哥沒有和我們玩躲貓貓或捉迷藏
他很孤單， 沒有人陪他玩
沒有人知道他的內心世界是什麽模樣
也許是地獄，也許是天堂

他的媽媽找不到鑰匙
可以打開門進入他的內心世界看一看
但是，他的媽媽卻很放心地買了槍
以為這樣就可以保護他們的安全

他們忘記了魔鬼撒旦
隨時都在黑暗的地方窺探
趁四下無人便伸出看似友善的魔掌
引誘大哥哥玩槍戰

大哥哥這次跟從了撒旦
在自己的遊戲槍戰中迷了眼
媽媽躺在血泊中他完全看不見
他唯一惦記的隻有玩
萬惡的撒旦
拉著大哥哥帶上更多的槍子彈
在學校找更多的小朋友玩
砰砰砰的聲音震天響
當大哥哥自己被槍聲震醒時已經太晚

撒旦大笑著轉身但並不說再見
帶走大哥哥的靈魂前
它奸邪又揶揄地喊
愚蠢的人們啊，我是地獄的使者
你們依附我也好，反對我也無妨
隻要有槍的地方
就會有我撒旦

媽媽，我害怕聽到撒旦的呼喚，
我好想好想知道，天堂有沒有槍？


Mom, are guns also in heaven?               by ling1984

Dear Mom,

Tell me the story of Heaven & Hell once more please
Today I really
Don't want to watch TV
As those bloody scenes appear
with aunties and uncles faces dripping in tears

Mom you once said that people in Heaven & Hell
Have very long chopsticks for food to take
At meal time people in Hell suffer & fret
Since long chopsticks make feeding one's own mouth impossible, yet
The more they try to feed themselves
The more their own torment
Their hunger, a limitless well

But people in Heaven, it's different for them,
Mealtime is when the greatest happiness stems,
With long chopsticks they take food and feed one another,
While thanking each other, fellow sisters and brothers.
Mom, I know there are chopsticks in both heaven and hell,
But are guns also in Heaven and Hell? Please answer, please tell.

That big brother didn't play with us hide and go seek
He was lonely and nobody played with him, week after week
No one knew the inner thoughts of his heart
Maybe Heaven maybe Hell, maybe other worlds apart
His mother could not find the key
To open the door of his heart, the truth she couldn't see.
But his mother bought a gun with her mind put at ease
Thinking this would give them safety and peace.

They forgot however, Satan in the shadows spying all round
Extending his clutches without warning without sound.
That big brother was lured into guns, shooting games
This time followed and under Satan's name.

Eyes and mind bewitched in the midst of deep dread
Completely ignored his mother already lying in a pool of red
Play shooting was the only thing left in his head
Satan of all evil, pulling him to bring more guns and bullets instead
Looking for more children at school to play dead
Loud sounds bang bang bang, a tragic cruel fate
When the big brother had awoken, it was already too late

Satan laughing turned around but did not say goodbye
With the big brother's soul in tow, Satan shouted a terrible cry
"You foolish men, I am the messenger of Hell
It matters not whether you detach or attach to my dwell
So long as the guns stay in ones hands somewhere
I, evil Satan will always be there."

Mom, I'm scared of Satan, the things that he threaten
I want to know desperately, are guns also in heaven?