That doesn’t make those deaths ok, but “doing something” if it is the wrong something, doesn’t stop them either. Every day somebody’s child dies in a way that in hindsight appears absolutely avoidable. Bad things happen to good people every day. Are you looking for a law that takes away all of your worries that bad things might happen to you and yours? There is no such law. I ask these questions because if you aren’t equally appalled by all of these events, then it is not the death of innocents that bothers you and you need to be very honest about that. Now I ask those of you demanding that the law abiding be disarmed, or registered, or further inventoried the following questions: did you demand the same of law enforcement after Kent State or did you excuse that as an exceptionally bad choice made by an individual who happened to be a member of a heavily armed group? If you choose to see one law enforcement officer as an individual and refuse to hold the group of mostly law abiding law enforcement officers accountable, why do you treat civilians differently? Are you equally upset and torn up over the death of over 500 this year in Chicago alone? What exactly are you demanding be done about that? Are you aware that your government admits to having killed 775 Pakistani civilians, including 168 children, in drone attacks? Are you equally torn up over the deaths of those children even though you were not treated to a media play by play of each and every tiny casket? Are you also demanding that your government immediately disarm itself, or limit its weapon choice? If not, ask yourself why you only care about one group of dead innocents. I think most of us can agree that the death of innocents is never a good thing. I appreciate that virtually no one wants to ever see a repeat of Sandy Hook, Columbine, or Virginia Tech. It’s easy to get caught up in all of the emotional pleas, unproven claims, and outright falsehoods being screamed at lightning speed over the Internet but shouldn’t we really take a moment to reflect on the truth of the tragedies and the myriad of gun laws currently on the books before we rush to fix the wrong problem? With the horrible tragedy of Sandy Hook Elementary comes another push for one group of citizens to hurry up and “do something”.
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