National Rifle Association N.R.A. Press Conference

A week and a half after the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre, I still see flags flying at half staff in my own small town. This makes me reflect each time about the tiny faces we will never see again in this life. Wayne LaPierre, the N.R.A. vice president, said at a media event following the shooting, “The only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun.” To an extent, that is true. We can't bring a knife to a shoot-out. However, the thought of going to college to teach and then have to train to kill in the gun range makes me uneasy. The idea of a strapped kindergarten teacher will never sit right with me. At this rate, the teachers would have to at best have an assault weapon because a simple hand gun would not be powerful enough to counteract the machine guns that these intruders carry to complete a deadly massacre.  Sadly enough, we see that courageous teachers who tried to trick the intruder still lost their lives.

      LaPierre was also correct about the violent video games and media. This is what has been raising 80's babies and their off-spring. Suspense and action packed movies that show machine guns and people's heads getting blown off are always top sellers. These socially immature, cognitively bright young people think these images are cool. This plays in the background of their mind. This breeds insensitivity to gun violence amongst young people. Everyone who was affected in any way directly or indirectly by the shooting at Sandy Hook has my deepest sympathy as we try to make sense of this matter