Why the cluster of shootings in Denver? I have actually been wondering a lot about
the mass public facility shootings by young people in general throughout the United States and have to ask these
questions:
- Do shootings tend to occur in well-off financial communities predominated by liberal values and politics?
- Do shootings tend to occur in white communities, or any specific type of geography?
- Do shootings tend to occur in communities with fairly strict gun laws already in place?
- Do shootings tend to occur in communities that had extensive and lengthy media coverage of previous shootings in the area.
- Do shootings tend to occur in communities that have minimal security procedures at school entrances and also allow open campus policies for students throughout the day?
- Are mental health services not adequately available in those communities?
I have a strong suspicion that the answer to all of these is
yes. I'm sure there are many other factors to consider, but these ones trouble me a great deal. I'm sure this recent tragedy will trigger (no pun intended) another round of knee jerk proposals to disarm America. While I think we need more controls on weapon sales and access by those who shouldn't have them, I suspect the movement will more likely take shape as an effort to disarm America. That would be a mistake in my opinion and in the opinion of the framers of the Constitution.
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