I agree with you regarding the impact to people being different depending on the reason for the death. My wife’s first husband died of leukemia so she was made single. Meanwhile, my wife of 20 years decided she didn’t want to be married any more and divorced me while we had a 10, 13 and 16 year old daughter.
In both cases, the result for the left spouse is the same. No spouse. But even my wife admits that at least with death there is no sense of betrayal.
This is an horrific event. Of that I have no doubt, though I can’t fully empathize since it didn’t happen to me. But bad things HAVE been done to me, and I know that feeling of something MUST be done.
It is after that point that the question must be asked and answered in a way that does not harm the society in general, and DOES address the actual issue.
For these shootings, I don’t see the gun as the problem in the slightest. It is the tool used. And it is the tool used because it is the easiest to use. The problem is not the gun.
The problem is elsewhere. There are many possible causes, and I’m sure you are aware of most of them, but the interesting thing is how difficult it is to discuss them in a reasonable manner. It’s because it is not PC to do so.
i.e. the real cause of the deaths of so many of these children is PC. Break through that and we may be able to get somewhere.
On a related note, I heard a speaker at a gathering today on the radio applaud the first responders to the event. He said it was the teachers and staff at the school who were the first responders.
If only they had been armed...
Agreed on almost all of that (and I don’t always agree with you!)