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I wrote an article regarding what happend at Virginia Tech. All comments are welcome.
Making Sense of the Madness at Virginia Tech
by Santisimo 1 Replies latest watchtower beliefs
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Gregor
Rather confused - On the one hand it seems like an excuse is being given the killer because there are inadequate mental health facilities. On the other hand he was an evil beast who's name should not be repeated. How can a more comprehensive background check by gun sellers discover a mentally ill person when the law forbids revealing the identity of such persons? Mental health issues in the VTech massacre is a red herring.
Simplistic - Criminals are created because they must steal to eat? What country are you from? One of the biggest problems with the poor in the US is obesity. Also, you seem to think guns are obtained only through licensed gun dealers? There are estimated to be more than 200 million guns floating around the US. Gun dealer inventories are a tiny fraction of that.
Innaccurate - Politicians are building a voter base of gun shop owners? The NRA promotes violence through the entertainment industry? The entertainment industry is top heavy with liberal, anti-gun types. Many of these anti gun people are hypocrits who own a gun for personal protection.
Try this if you would like to make sense of this tragedy.
1. The record of the mental health industry in curing or even significantly helping the mentally ill is dismal. The most effective thing they can do is to confine those who could be violent. But that is the one thing they are doing less of.
2. Those who decide to kill can always get a weapon, conceal it and carry it wherever they wish. And because law abiding, innocent people are forbidden to carry a firearm a killer can calmly and methodically execute 32 strong, healthy young people without fear of any significant resistance.
You talk about our individual responsibilty to do good. Can't argue with that. But I think we need more pragmatic, real solutions to deal with the world that IS rather than try to make it fit into a fantasy vision of utopia that never has been or ever will be.