Replies to '10/12 Homecoming Shooting'

My sympathies for the families, both the victims families as well as that young officer's, that are dealing with this tragedy.  That is what this is, a tragedy. 

I am not an NRA member but I do not believe it was the gun that killed.  It was the troubled young man that chose to enter that room and begin pulling the trigger.  The fact that he was legal to carry a weapon shows that gun control will not work.  We cannot take these weapons away from our policemen, their jobs are already far too dangerous.  

Someone posted that an average of 80 people are shot every day.  I would be willing to bet that the majority of those shootings (90% or more?) are drug related.  Drugs, made more valuable because they are illegal.  Guess what?!  You are never going to remove guns from the criminals hands.  You will only make the weapon worth that much more on the black market. 

If you want to point fingers at the problems of today's society, I would suggest looking at the violence in movies.  How many times have I seen the "bad guy" pointing a gun in someone's face to get what he wants.  It's the solution to anything that gets in his way or makes him angry.  Film makers can say all they want about the violence in their movies not having an impact on our young children/adults.  Violence is seen as an quick and easy solution to what the troubled person views as insurmountable problems in their lives, weather that is school, work or their home life. 

Would a person of good moral value choose that road?  Probably not but we have taken God out of so much of our lives, what chance do our children have?

I'm sorry this is so long.  Just a concerned citizen.

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