Please, it's the person controlling the tool, not the tool, which is the issue in a crime, whether it's a rock, bat, club, screwdriver, automobile, etc.; the tool does nothing until handled by the person controlling it. So, for the liberals to focus on firearms as the reason so much killing is happening, I ask... why aren't they as upset at all the automobile accidents which kill people every day? Eliminating guns aren't the solution, just as our "war on drugs" hasn't eliminated addiction to them.
I just checked out a post by Bill O'Reilly covering it to get up to speed on the latest developments. Here's the synopsis on the teaser email about the article:
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Killer Had Been Evaluated
A little more than a year ago social workers received an ominous tip about Nikolas Cruz, who is now suspected of mowing down 17 people in Florida on Wednesday. They were warned that Cruz was depressed, had cut himself on both arms, and talked about buying a gun. After visiting the Cruz home, the Florida Department of Children & Families determined that he was receiving adequate mental health care and was "stable enough not to be hospitalized." The facility at which Cruz was being treated added that he "was not at risk to harm himself or others."
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In reading this article within his commentary, I discovered that the social workers who were in contact with this young troubled man - I refuse to use his name; he's already getting more than enough name recognition as it is - are most likely feeling pretty nervous right now. If you check the link to the report O'Reilly's provided in the teaser piece above, and read the first few paragraphs in this Miami Herald report, you'll understand why I say that they're most likely feeling nervous.
But, what's even more interesting to me is the two things I saw in the first video within the article. First, was the lawyer representing this young man. She speaks to the real cause of this incident; the mental health and emotionally crippled state this young man was in at the time leading up to his shooting 16 high school classmates and one teacher. Yet, this article also reveals how the prosecuting attorney's office is conflicted about whether to go for the death penalty, or not. Herein lies the ideological conflict, while revealing the disconnect behind the true cause of the crime, for the liberal; the evil intent within the person. Second, she describes this admitted killer as a broken, remorseful, sad person who regrets what he did. My personal conclusion as to why she describes him this way is that she's being careful to not say anything to the press to jeopardize her defense case for him, while feeding the media what they want to hear for its sensationalist value. Remember, the primary motivator for news and entertainment today is to solicit emotional reaction in its audience.
However, after letting the video play to the end and not stopping it, another one began - apparently randomly chosen - that had a woman who, according to the text on the bottom of the screen was the state president of the American Federation of Teachers, ranting about the gun violence in some meeting. What she screams with extreme emotional fervor, was about the loss of lives of these children and the need to eliminate guns. But what strikes me as odd is that there is not the same emotional fervor from liberals in general for those children killed in car crashes as a result of some illegal alien without a license who hit them with the vehicle they were driving. No, instead they come to their defense and argue in favor of the illegal aliens' unfortunate circumstances. Excuse me?
P.S. If any reader believes I'm "all wrong" when it comes to saying what I have about this incident, think again. What they may not know, is that I lost my next older brother - only 18 months older - to a senseless 17 year old gang member who was pushing crack on the street corner and shot him. While he may be incarcerated a second time for an unrelated crime, he's STILL ALIVE, and my tax dollars are supporting that against my will? That's soft tyranny by government in my book.
P.S. Another blogger's commentary on this topic... a more extensive perspective on the issue.
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