Trying to Grasp

You can't write pain, you can't write horror, you can't write stupidity, you can't write evil. At least I can't.

You try any and all coping mechanisms you know, and a few new ones.
WHO KILLS FIRST GRADERS??

AND WHY???

You flame, you scream, you shout, you pull your own hair. Because you CAN'T grasp the totally of the thing. ABC news closed with a reading of the names of the dead. CHILDREN he killed CHILDREN.

You read, you watch the news, you try to ponder. Talk of gun control. It will never be more than talk. By the time any legislation might be drawn up and any action taken, enough time will have passed that the powers that control such things will be back in control. I imagine them now, sitting at their computers, pondering.

"Guns don't kill people, People kill people" Start from there. The problem is not the number and availability of guns in our society. The problem is guns getting into the wrong hands. Too many guns are stolen, too many guns are in homes where someone (who is not the registered owner) can pick them up at any time.

A painful essay/blog posting by the mother of a child who is mentally ill. Yes, better treatment and understanding of mental illness IS part of the problem. But it isn't all.

Please, tell me why automatic weapons are available in our society. Hunting? Once the prey hears one shot, how many more will you be able to squeeze off while it is still visable? Sport? Does the Olympics have accuracy with automatic weapons as a competition? Protection against an armed intruder? If both of you shoot 50 rounds at each other, who wins?

The United States no longer relies on a militia. We have a standing Army. We also have Reservists, and we have a National Guard. By the way, none of those individuals provide their own weapons.

We have evolved since the 18th centurary. EXCEPT in our desire to have bigger and better weapons than our neighbor.

Like everyone else, I have questions, but no answers.