I certainly don't feel like being funny tonight (I know, why is this night different from any other night...).
I've written here how I feel about guns as it pertains to personal safety and protection for the family.
And tonight the news will be filled with all the talking heads on both sides of the issue seeing who can scream the loudest.
But while the gun lobby and gun control advocates both plot their strategies and figure out how best to politicize this, the fact remains at least ten families won't have their loved ones coming home tonight. Many if not all were students. As a parent, it brings me to tears thinking of the pain the families must be going through.
There's always the quest to understand why the shooter did what he did. Reports have said he asked people to stand up and tell him what religion they were, and if they gave the wrong answer they were shot. Survivors say after he asked the question, he just started shooting people randomly, even those who hadn't answered his question.
On social sites, posts by the shooter said, "I'm so insignificant. This is the only way I'll ever get on television." A warning and a reason at the same time.
Some people have said police should've done more to bring him in alive so he could be questioned. But fortunately, their first priority was making sure no one else got shot.
The shooter was - in police parlance - neutralized.
I can't even imagine their pain. I don't even want to try. God bless the victims and their families now and forever. I hope they eventually find some peace and their hearts begin to heal.
As for the shooter, I'm only sorry he wasn't neutralized sooner.
