Of course they did. Didn't you know? No problem is actually the fault of the person that created that problem, no sir.
You know me, hopeless optimist.
Of course they did. Didn't you know? No problem is actually the fault of the person that created that problem, no sir.
“You want to know why {these shootings keep happening}. This may sound cynical, but here’s why.It’s because of the way the media reports it. Flip on the news and watch how we treat the Batman theater shooter and the Oregon mall shooter like celebrities. Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris are household names, but do you know the name of a single victim of Columbine? Disturbed people who would otherwise just off themselves in their basements see the news and want to top it by doing something worse, and going out in a memorable way. Why a grade school? Why children? Because he’ll be remembered as a horrible monster, instead of a sad nobody.
Apparently this is a quote from Morgan Freeman, and even if it isn't it still rings true. Keep doing the thing you do media.
It takes 5-10 minutes to diagnose someone by a trained professional, but it takes 10 years to lock them up even if they're dangerous. That is my whole point. We don't know if the mother ignored her son's problems or if she sought after help and didn't get it in time. From my experience it is impossible to miss when someone you've known all their life starts to act strangely so she had to know he wasn't right in the head. Either way, she had weapons he could access and she should take a lot of the blame for what happened.
I don't care about statistics. One child being killed by a crazy person is enough to do something to lower the risk of it happening again. Schizophrenia is just one of may mental health problems. My brother is severely bi-polar. He's either completely normal or manic and doesn't remember anything he's doing. He can't control it and anything can trigger the switch. If he was being normal he literally could walk into a store and buy a gun with no problem and that should be everyone's concern, not just mine. Luckily, when he's normal he knows he's sick and knows better.
I'm not against owning guns. I've fired many guns and some of my best friends are owners. If I were to purchase one, I would make it impossible for anyone else to use it by any means necessary, including family. It should be common sense for everyone. People make sure they're house don't contain carbon monoxide and other deadly gasses, but they just put deadly weapons in a glass cabinet with a cheap lock, or worse, no lock. It makes zero sense. If people don't have common sense then they need to be forced to do something if it means protecting innocent people. We force people to get a drivers license and pay for car insurance to protect innocent people. Why can't we force people to take the appropriate precautions so some 5 year old isn't shot to death when someone steals the weapon they failed to secure?
You have no idea what was going through his head. Calling him evil is a cop out. There's always a trail of accountability.
To say that our laws should prevent a "mentally ill" person from owning or having access to a weapon isn't so cut-and-dried as you might want it to be.
Yes it is. If you had to see a doctor because you're can't tell reality from fantasy then you shouldn't own a weapon. Right now states are supposed to let feds know who is mentally ill so they can block gun purchases, but most states drag their ass and people slip through.
Yes it is. If you had to see a doctor because you're can't tell reality from fantasy then you shouldn't own a weapon. Right now states are supposed to let feds know who is mentally ill so they can block gun purchases, but most states drag their ass and people slip through.
In this particular case, the mother was a nutcase who thought the world was coming to an end because of the economical collapse a few years ago and had an arsenal of weapons in her possession and turned her house into a barricaded fortress. She was killed in her sleep by her own weapons by her son. She took the shooter out of public school years ago and used to take him to shooting ranges. Who knows what else she did with him behind closed doors. The father and brother left years ago and they seem normal.