O/T feel sick inside - CT Elementary shooting

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by teetwoohsix

No problem Leon I am not saying it will happen, and hope it never does. But, alot of gun owners feel their guns are a sort of "safety net" from something like this happening here. I do not own a gun, but I feel responsible people have the right to own any type of firearm they want. It's part of being "free".

Group punishment never works. That is what some people seem to be for.

Sincerely, Clayton

Sure Clayton, if you could make sure that only the responsible people got them, that would be great. But as things stand, mentally ill people capable of a psychotic rampage, and sane but evil people can get them too.

[teetwoohsix]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

Sure Clayton, if you could make sure that only the responsible people got them, that would be great. But as things stand, mentally ill people capable of a psychotic rampage, and sane but evil people can get them too.

Very true Peter.

I think society is stressed out, and we are seeing the results. The media seems to love pumping the public with fear and tragedy, financial devastation and endless wars, it isn't much of a suprise to me that people who aren't mentally stable are begining to snap.

I hope we as a country can start figuring out a way to heal and find some compassion for everyone who is hurting and struggling. Not just when a horrible tragedy strikes.

Sincerely, Clayton

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by teetwoohsix

Very true Peter.

I think society is stressed out, and we are seeing the results. The media seems to love pumping the public with fear and tragedy, financial devastation and endless wars, it isn't much of a suprise to me that people who aren't mentally stable are begining to snap.

I hope we as a country can start figuring out a way to heal and find some compassion for everyone who is hurting and struggling. Not just when a horrible tragedy strikes.

Sincerely, Clayton

There are certainly a lot of loading factors, I agree, although it's still unclear what went awry in this particular case, or in the case of Holmes and Loughner, among others.

[kmac32]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

There are certainly a lot of loading factors, I agree, although it's still unclear what went awry in this particular case, or in the case of Holmes and Loughner, among others.

In the case of Loughner, it's pretty clear what happened. There was a severe case of non parental supervisiion in this kids upbringing. The police found all kinds of clues in the family garage that the parents "had no idea their son was up to". He was a very troubled kid and many things in his high school pointed to it. The parents refused to accept any responsibility for his actions in school and it continued frm there. If the parents had been involved and paid attention, none of that incident would have ever happened. Loughner had even written hate mail to congresswoman Giffords before and nothing was done. Tha scary part is he was still able to get weapons and buy ammo from a local Walmart. Typical for Arizona is getting a gun with little or no questions asked.