No real words

[tesla321]

How many people have to be shot before there is gun regulation? Thankful for quick-thinking teachers, praying for all the parents and children, and for the first responders. What a horrible thing. I hope I'm never so hardened so as not to weep for the loss of life. If that is coherent.

Bless you all.

Comments

[jwaneeta]

Just sick about it. Literally ill.

[zinnia03]

Completely horrified and speechless about this and the Oregon shootings.

[tesla321]

Yes, I am so glad no one was coming into office.

[jwaneeta]

Just sick about it. Literally ill.

[tesla321]

Me too.

[tabaqui]

This. Bracing myself for the wave of gun-hoarding idiots who will bray on and on about how it's 'not the time!!!' to discuss this and 'guns don't kill people, people do!!!'

Yeah, well, it's a hell of a lot easier to kill 16 people with a gun then it is a bat or a knife.

I hope, though, that this sparks a *serious* discussion about not only gun control but the horrifically awful mental health services in most of the US.

As a parent, this is just...extra horrifying, because you can't help thinking 'what if'.

Did you see the President's remarks on this? He was all but breaking down at the podium.

[tesla321]

Yes. I love him. This is not what the Founders intended---30 people per day killed by gun violence.

[a2zmom]

My husband runs a site and some ass posted something along the lines that obviously having stronger gun laws would not make a difference since 20 children were attacked with a knife in China.

My husband pointed out that while horrible, the children all survived. They were wounded.

The victims in Connecticut? All dead.

[tabaqui]

Exactly. Horrible things happen, but guns just make horrible things easier to spread around, and tend to make them much more fatal for all involved.

[altyronsmaker]

I haven't watched it. I can't. There have been five publicized incidents over the last two weeks of gun violence, and I can't watch anymore. I can't, for my own mental health, I won't look at this

[tesla321]

I gave my gun back to my brother years ago. I am knitting a comfort blankie---a yarn store is coordinating prayer shawl/comfort shawls to be sent to Newtown. It's something I can do.

[a2zmom]

Gun regulation exists BUT - there is no required background check for a private gun sale, online gun sales or gun sales at shows. Approximately 40% of the guns used in violent acts are bought through these channels. I believe that requiring every single person who who legally buys a gun to submit to a background check will help reduce gun violence.

If not now, when?

[tesla321]

So do I.