Tragedy in Conn.

part 1

As an Army Vet having derved during the period i did, I know what it takes to take a life.  In the wake of the recent school shooting i cant help the urge to express a few things.  I have seen all types of acts involving the taking of lives, even participated in a couple.  Its one thing to kill in a kill of be killed senario, crash an airplane into a building, blow up a building with a van full of fertilizer, or even shoot some high school peers, BUT it is something completely different to go into an elementary school and individually shoot 20 children.

The question i ask myself is what does it take to be able to do something like this?  Well i can tell you its not a long list.  It would take a large amout of hate, rage, drugs, or the type of mental illness that makes you think of people like Jeffery Dahmer, or maybe even Charles Manson.  Perhaps a combination of 2 or more of these.  But that is about it.  This does not excuse anything. 

The situation is difficult because having killed himself after the fact there can be almost no justice for the families.  In a twisted way making this almost the perfect crime.  All one can do is put their faith in God.  Despite the anger and vengence that would be felt, being raised a Catholic the correct religious answer would be to forgive and ask God to have mercy on his soul.  But we do know what religion tells us about those who take their own lives.

It is a time of mourning and also a time of confusion.  If God does have a plan for us all then why take these children, why now, they had their whole lives ahead of them?  Growing up, playing sports, falling in love, having kids of their own.  If you believe such things you must take comfort in knowing they are in a better place.  They will never know what its like to be bullied, abused, have their heart broken, watch a loved one die....in a twisted sense we should all be so lucky and as parents couldnt wish anymore for our children.

part 2

If its not bad enough, leave it to our politicians in the near future to exploit this tragic event in favor of pursuing their own agendas.  They are already jockeying for position.  They will blame the guns.  Its the guns fault.  They will use the emotional distress of the people to shift their focus.  If this person wasnt able to get his hands on the guns this would not have happened.  History has proven those who want something can usually get it.  Prohibition would be the biggest example of this.  I mean everyone was sober and dry during that time right?  of course they were because booze was illegal.  If the choice of the government and the sheeple that follow is stricter gun control then i have a few suggestions of my own.

1.  Ban all knives - no more stabbings and murders involving this weapon anymore, combined with guns we will be reduced to the ninjas being the only ones killing people.

2.  Prohibition - ban booze again, this will eliminate all drunk driving and fatalities that go with the accidents that happen because no one would think of drinking if its illegal.

3.  Ban all spoons - this will completely solve the problem of obesity in the country. 

4.  Ban cell phones - texting and driving reduced to zero.

5.  Ban cars - while we at it lets make cars illegal, i mean they cause all kinds of deaths they are dangerous and should be illegal to own one.

Am i making the nation a safer place yet?  the point is if you are looking to figure out who is to blame or put together the cause of a sequence of events it is still important to know that every individual is accountable for their own actions.  But what about mental illness or drugs?  well if he was that mentally ill how was it he was able to find himself in a position to do what he did?  Either way the fault can always be traced back to a human being, not a thing or object.

Chances are they will chalk this up to mental disease and drugs, thus meaning he wasnt aware of his actions or was not in a mental state to be accountable.  This doesnt make anything better.  So spare us this type of explanation.  Let the people mourn the loss of their loved ones with some dignity and peace from the media and all who follow.  There is no need for politicians to pretend to ride in on a white horse to exploit this pretending to have a solution.  It wont bring them back.  the best thing they can do...is leave us alone.