Four beautiful children gone too soon, tragically and totally unnecessarily. Families grieving with lives that are forever changed. Friends trying to cope and understand the unspeakable injustice of it all. A community stunned and broken.
And one boy with a gun.
I grew up with guns in the house. We were taught respect as well as fear of them. I believe in our right to bear arms, but what has changed here that school shootings are becoming more commonplace? Are guns not stored properly? Do we not value the lives than can be permanently gone in an instant? Are the parents not teaching the proper lessons? Have video games violence pretend shooting made real deaths unreal? Where in the hell is the value of human lives?
I don’t even pretend to have any answers but I know something for sure-these tragic massacre's have to be understood and stopped. Prayers and support for the families of these children, may they somehow find peace. Compassion for the very troubled gun man, his suffering will too, be forever. And may the rest of us find a way to forge on, fearlessly and with hope. My heart aches.
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