As most of America is today, I'm still reeling from the events that took place in Connecticut yesterday. I can't even begin to fathom the pain and suffering the entire town is feeling today, let alone what the children in the school went through.
But while most of us are banding together and hugging our loved ones just a bit tighter, some strong debates on Facebook (and you know how I feel about that) as well as in the media have started, which I find unfathomable. The first of course is the gun control debate that seems to be raging, some going as far to say "imagine what may have happened if an upstanding citizen would have been "carrying" as well." As if an upstanding citizen would "carry" a weapon into a safe environment for children. One should focus on what might happen if a student were to have gotten their hands on the upstanding citizen's gun. But that's another matter entirely and not one to be debated in the middle of tragedy.
What I find most troubling is those who are blaming society for this madness. To a certain extent, we must look at what's happening in our country and within our judicial system. But by blaming "society" as a whole, you are also blaming the teachers and faculty members that were injured or killed trying to protect their students, the doctors, nurses and medical staff that were treating the wounded, the first responders that ran in to help and the parents that are left grief stricken because they sent their children off to school; a place that's supposed to be safe and nurturing. These people are heroes and if they must be blamed, they should be blamed for standing up and protecting in the middle of a horrifying situation.
This shooting was an act of madness and rage and the only person that is to blame is the madman.
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