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Originally Posted by Greyson
Okiebug, I too believe there are many caring and good people in our country. I see it almost daily because I look for them or else I would be greatly disheartened overall by what is on the news daily.
I do believe that the majority of Americans care about our children (even if they are not related to us). We can care and have the best of intentions and still not grasp the totality of things happening in our nation every day.
I cannot help but wonder why as I watch this latest tragedy unfolding why our nation does not react with such magnitude when everyday a brown, black or poor white child is killed. It is as if we accept it on some level. That is the way things are and the best we can do is distance ourselves from such lives and neighborhoods.
When it happens in a community that is much like the community many of us live in or aspire to live in, then we are shocked and outraged. I don't think most Americans conciously realize that this reaction or lack there of is in fact collectively our responce to everday gun violence and violence in general.
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Greyson,
I think each of us have our own prespective and that prespective is dependent upon our own experiences.
I don't see it being all Americans, it's like any other issue. There are people who will change their mind on gun control and there will be those who ideas of the open carrying act will be stronger than ever.
I believe in a very strong gun control policy, but I do not believe in outlawing guns.
The individual that committed this horrific act used guns because it was the easiest and most available. However he planned this attack, he didn't just get up and decide to do this. I believe he would have used any form of weapon he could have to accomplish his goal. If the guns had not been available he could have easily made pipe bombs or any other easily made explosives. He was on a suicide mission and I believe he would have done this no matter what.
Not that this matters to anyone, but I was 7 miles north of the Oklahoma City bombing. I felt the overwhelming power of the explosion and I lost friends. There weren't any guns used that day, it was ammonium nitrate fertilizer .
168 people died, 19 children under the age of 6. My point is, the wacko that attacked the school layed out a plan. I firmly believe that his plan would have been carried out no matter what. He was on a mission to kill and nothing was going to stop him.
We need to work on strengthening our mental health system. It's quite obvious to me that this person appeard to be mentally ill. It's sad the number of people that do not get treatment due to know one caring, the lack of services available or far worse the denial of family members because they are embarassed that someone they love has a mental illness and they try to keep it a secret and refuse to seek help. I can't believe his mother did not see there was something wrong with her own kid.