Saturday, January 1, 2011

Boy of Nigerian decent killed by son of ex NBA star, Nick Van Exel


What a sad way to begin the New Year! No parent should ever have to bury his/her child and to lose your child to something as insignificant as "nothing" is even more painful. Bradley Bassey Eyo was shot and killed and his body dumped close to his home to be discovered and his childhood friend, Nickey Van Exel has allegedly confessed to the killing but claims that it was an accident. The Dallas Police Department for now believe otherwise, implying that the behavior shows indications of premeditation in their public statement.

The irony of it all is that situations like this are no longer an irony but a cliche of our modern society; Bradley was said to have been shot with a shotgun owned by his stepfather. Which brings up another discussion, is gun control necessarily a bad thing? The argument of security becomes null becomes if nobody has the right to bear arms then there will be no need to own guns for security.

Countries like the UK and Malaysia with stern gun control laws have low gun related crimes and an American's 'Right to bear Arms' can still be protected if the government decides to regulate what kind of arms you have the right to bear. For me, I think ownership of arms only brings in more tragedy than it does security!

For Video of Report: http://www.worldstarhiphop.com/videos/video.php?v=wshhgacr0973PKud5N6T

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