妈妈，天堂有没有枪？/Mom, are guns also in heaven?

长期以来，枪支泛滥问题一直是美国社会犯罪率居高不下的主因，但由于美国宪法第二修正案禁止侵犯"人民持有与携带武器的权利"，让枪枝管制政策无法顺利推动。加上"全国步枪协会"是美国最有影响力的游说团体，让推动管制更为困难，因为几乎没有候选人敢公开得罪向来大方提供政治献金的步枪协会，因此枪支管制一直是美国难解的政治议题，向来自己就站在持枪自卫的反对阵营，持枪自卫不如在自家安装 security systems. 美国若不再修正现有枪支持有法律，诸如此次滥射滥杀的悲剧就会一再重演。这次惨案令天下父母心碎，因为凶手是个有心理疾病的二十岁青少年，死亡的28人当中，有20个年龄只有5 - 7 岁的孩子，凶手枪杀了自己的母亲，又到母亲就职的学校大开杀戒而后自戕。如果凶手的母亲不买枪，也许悲剧就不会发生，或者，无辜的牺牲者人数会少一些。



亲爱的妈妈，
能不能再为我说天堂与地狱的故事一遍
今天，
我真心不想看电视
因为电视里有血淋淋的画面
还有阿姨叔叔们哭得伤心的脸

妈妈，你曾说，天堂和地狱里的人们
每个人都有一双很长很长的筷子来夹菜吃饭
地狱里的人每到吃饭时间
就很烦躁不安
筷子太长怎么都无法将饭菜送到自己嘴边
他们越用力想把自己喂养
越是饿得慌
天堂里的人们却不一样
最快乐的事就是吃饭
他们彼此夹菜送饭给对方
饭桌被感谢的欢笑声充满

妈妈， 我知道天堂地狱都有筷子
那么，天堂和地狱有没有枪？

那个大哥哥没有和我们玩躲猫猫或捉迷藏
他很孤单， 没有人陪他玩
没有人知道他的内心世界是什么模样
也许是地狱，也许是天堂

他的妈妈找不到钥匙
可以打开门进入他的内心世界看一看
但是，他的妈妈却很放心地买了枪
以为这样就可以保护他们的安全

他们忘记了魔鬼撒旦
随时都在黑暗的地方窥探
趁四下无人便伸出看似友善的魔掌
引诱大哥哥玩枪战

大哥哥这次跟从了撒旦
在自己的游戏枪战中迷了眼
妈妈躺在血泊中他完全看不见
他唯一惦记的只有玩
万恶的撒旦
拉着大哥哥带上更多的枪子弹
在学校找更多的小朋友玩
砰砰砰的声音震天响
当大哥哥自己被枪声震醒时已经太晚

撒旦大笑着转身但并不说再见
带走大哥哥的灵魂前
它奸邪又揶揄地喊
愚蠢的人们啊，我是地狱的使者
你们依附我也好，反对我也无妨
只要有枪的地方
就会有我撒旦

妈妈，我害怕听到撒旦的呼唤，
我好想好想知道，天堂有没有枪？


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?