[quote=ocrenter][quote=flu]I think folks, you’re missing the point. Doesn’t matter what type of gun was used. The point is, the wrong person had access to it….And there’s no amount of legislation that’s going to prevent that from happening.
Warning signs that the kid was in the process of being a social misfit already shown. I don’t know, but seems like the mother was either in denial that her son had a problem or that she so out of touch with keeping a bunch of guns in the house with a home-schooled pseudo-sociopath would pose a danger to society….On top of that, she ok’ed her son’s gun hobby????
I’m not suggesting lock the dude up because he had autism..Far from it…BUT, serious, put a firearms in his hand? That’s just fvcking insane…
Um, sorry I hate people who say “society failed this person” or some crap like that. Society didn’t fail… That mother failed…first as a responsible parent and second as a responsible citizen and third as general common-sense human being. And now 26 people are dead because of her.She might as well pulled the trigger herself, because she sure as hell enabled her psuedo-psycho son to do it. And surprising, some people will probably try to argue that it’s not her mother’s fault at all….She fvcked up..Bigtime.
I guess we’ll just have to put up with it…Because no amount of legislation/laws/rules will regulate stupidity, unless we’re talking about a full complete ban (which I’m not particular fond of myself)….[/quote]
We ultimately have the perfect storm in play:
–limited mental health access and continued social stigma
–distrust of doctors and medications
–proliferation of violent and graphic and increasingly realistic video games and movies
–increased firepower at reduced cost and increased firearm availability
Essentially, a mentally disturbed individual has easier access to guns and ammo than psychotherapy and meds.[/quote]
OCR, I have the utmost respect for you.. But I have to say, this is where I vehemently disagree with you in this particular case.
Access to lack off access to psychotherapy and meds clearly was NOT an issue in this person’s case. For god’s sake, the mother’s ex was a Director at GE living in Stamford,CT paying a $289k+/year alimony with cost of living adjustments until 2023, as well as all the medical/doctor expenses that would be incurred…
And clearly there were signs of “something” up mentally. Ok, autism by itself isn’t an indicator of someone going postal, but clearly wouldn’t any parent that recognizes that their child have some mental issue, at least think twice about putting guns into the kids hands? I mean, it’s like taking a kid that has epiletic seizures to drive without first completing the diagnosis to see how severe it is.. Parent clearly didn’t exercise good judgment into placing guns into the kid’s hand…
And furthermore, exercised extremely poor judgement in cultivating a gun hobby. End result is 26 people non-sensically dead…6-7 year old kids that absolutely had no chance because they probably didn’t even know what the heck was going on.
What this asshole did is worse than any terrorist, foreign or domestic. And folks probably think society failed them…It goes along with everything wrong these day….
Individuals failing to take personal responsibility for there action, and a government that doesn’t emphasis the “personal” part in responsibility… Just like how “personal” financial responsibility, or lack there of…
If there’s an epidemic, I would say it’s that. People no longer willing to take responsibility for their own actions, but rather blame everyone else for it…
“Oh no, we need to save the people that just commited these attrocious acts. They need the best medical care. We can reform them (after they killed XX+ innocent people)”
…I’d say fvck them.. Let them fry. Let God sort it out. My feelings now are exactly how I would feel if I was the parent of one of the 26 victims of this senseless act.
