It is not my intent to make light of the tragic murders at
Sandy Hook Elementary School, but it gives me pause to ponder three points. The mass shooting in Newtown, Conn is only one
mass shooting in a long list of killing sprees; by one account there have been
61 mass murders in the last 40 years. It
seems that they are occurring with greater frequency and with deadlier
results.
I don’t know that the Lord’s presence in school would have
prevented Adam Lanza from taking his mother’s life, and that of all those
teachers and children. I don’t know that
gun control laws would have prevented Eric Harris or Dylan Klebold from opening
fire in Columbine. And I don’t know that
comprehensive psychiatric treatment would have prevented Jared Loughner’s
senseless attack in Tucson. The left
rallies for gun control laws. The right
proclaims the need for prayer in school.
Mothers describe the fallacy that is the mental health care system.
As I said, I don’t know that prayer, gun control, or
comprehensive psychiatric treatment would have prevented any of the mass
murders in recent decades. One thing I
know for sure – I am willing to try them all.
Leftists, rightists, insurance companies and legislators, I ask all of
you to stop your bitching. We stand to
lose absolutely nothing by putting greater controls on automatic weapons. We stand to lose absolutely nothing by
praying in schools. We stand to lose
absolutely nothing by improving our behavioral health care standards. On the flip side, we stand to lose many more
children by arguing about what to do, followed by doing absolutely nothing.
Social media is
replete with comments about mothers hugging their children. Great!
That’s a start. How many of those
mothers write to their state and federal legislators about gun control? How many of those mothers advocate for
improved treatment for children with behavioral health problems? How many of those mothers lobby their school
board to allow prayer in school? Hug
your children, and then take real action, PLEASE
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