Another black day in the history of mankind... though in instances such as these, I find it difficult to see where the 'kind' part comes into it. Events such as this sadden me immensely, and yes, I shed a few tears every time such a tragedy occurs. I feel for the victims of course, but more so for the survivors and the friends and relatives of those who died. This is a particularly difficult time for them, the parents of those innocent children, and my heart truly goes out to them.
Quoting JcRabbit, reply 5What is wrong with this world (and our society) that a single person is capable of - and willing to - create so much suffering?!
Society sees nothing wrong in people being able to access weapons capable of causing 'mass destruction'.
We [that's a Global 'we'] only have ourselves to blame.
This is why I oppose guns [the use of] anywhere in society. The express intention of a gun is to kill... and the sooner firearms manufacture ceases entirely, and ALL firearms in the wild are either voluntarily handed in or seized by the authorities and destroyed, the better. That way cops can go back to using truncheons and 'suicide by cop' will be much harder.
Yeah, I know, there's going to be a bunch of fruitloops saying that it's their right to bear arms [to protect themselves], but if nobody... and I mean NOBODY has guns, then you don't need guns as protection from guns. Burglars, armed robbers, intruders and etc would then have to rely on less destructive weapons.... and so much easier to defend against than some arsewipe who can kill you from across the room.
Would this stop murder and senseless killing in society? No! There will always be some dickhead who has a bad hair day and thinks it's his right to take it out on the world, and pure evil will always exist also, but researched has proved that having to get up close and personal [being forced to look them in the eyes] makes it far more difficult to kill somebody. And certainly there would be fewer victims
It's like Jafo said, we {globally] have ourselves to blame... and at the risk of upsetting the 'right to bear arms' bunch [so what's a few more enemies among friends] the responsibility for all these senseless firearm killings lies squarely on the shoulders of those who believe it their right to bear arms. Without that "it's my right" mentality it would be so much easier for government [in the US particularly] to legislate against ALL firearms in the community and therefore save lives.
There... I said it.
