Guns are the problem. A nut with a gun is much more lethal that a nut without. And a nut with an assault weapon is that much more lethal.

Ultimately that young man is responsible for his own gruesome action. It is a terrible thing to choose to take another’s life. Maybe we need to take a deep look at what we are teaching our children.

What is filling their lives? What is social media telling them? Is it the dramatic way the shooter’s get their 15 minutes of fame after they commit an atrocity? Is it killing people in a video game; does that makes it more acceptable?

Watching movies where a vilian goes on a rampage and it makes him out to be a hero for wanton killings? Is this what we have come to in our nation? Where our kids live in fear of being in schools, movie theaters or malls?

How have we added to this? Are we slowly but surely desensitizing ourselves so we are no longer affected by what is in our homes and what we chose to put in front of us? These sad horrors were never in our nations past history prior to the 1960′s?

What have we done to promote such monstrosities? Maybe we need to look to the root of the problem? Not merely at the instuments used but at the individuals who decide that this outcome is acceptible.

So the question comes down to what can we do to prevent this? In my humble opinion the only way to prevent is to start with the individuals themselves.

Look around you… Is there anyone you know that you can help? You never know what you could prevent by being that person to someone who is on the edge. Je