The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #148617   Message #4128060
Posted By: Ebbie
05-Dec-21 - 05:20 AM
Thread Name: BS: Shooting tragedies and guns
Subject: RE: BS: Shooting tragedies and guns
I see that way back in 2012 there was talk of holding parents accountable when their child acquires a gun and uses it against children. Obviously, we have learned nothing. There have been HUNDREDS of such events in the USA in 2021 - and the year isn't over yet.

I also have beef with terminology. When someone shoots up a school resulting in the deaths of multiple children, we call it a tragedy. OF COURSE, the results are tragic, but it was preventable. The act was STUPID, SICK, done by a CREEP. We need to get it across to our children that infamy is not the same as fame, that shooting unarmed people does not make you a 'gunman'.

For the moment, disregard the almost inevitable fact that the creep had 'reasons'- take care of that later. In the meantime, he is a CREEP.

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