Sick Human Being

[zooom]

  or people who blame the media

I blame the media for sensationalism and blowing things out of proportion without facts because of ratings and trying to get the scoop as it were...

[muskrat]

Sadly if it bleeds it leads. No dignity among the media these days.

[cokey]

For the conspiracy guys.. Heard this kids father and the father of dude in the movie theatre  shooting where both to testify in some big bank case..

[Ddan]

For the conspiracy guys.. Heard this kids father and the father of dude in the movie theatre  shooting where both to testify in some big bank case..

And neither are.

[Drjones]

  or people who blame the media

Blame the mom for first bringing guns into the house with a person under-roof that had mental issues, second for allowing said person operate them, third for allowing unsecured/unsupervised access and fourth for allowing her son to isolate himself and play COD all day.

I'm all for freedoms, but along with freedom comes some make the beast with two backsing responsibility.  Mom's fault. Period. Stop. The end.

[ducatiz]

Blame the mom for first bringing guns into the house with a person under-roof that had mental issues, second for allowing said person operate them, third for allowing unsecured/unsupervised access and fourth for allowing her son to isolate himself and play COD all day.

I'm all for freedoms, but along with freedom comes some make the beast with two backsing responsibility.  Mom's fault. Period. Stop. The end.

Yup.  Lock them up when not in use or being carried.  Mental issues of the kid are secondary.

[PhilB]

Blame the mom for first bringing guns into the house with a person under-roof that had mental issues, second for allowing said person operate them, third for allowing unsecured/unsupervised access and fourth for allowing her son to isolate himself and play COD all day.

I'm all for freedoms, but along with freedom comes some make the beast with two backsing responsibility.  Mom's fault. Period. Stop. The end.

Largely agreed.  The young man himself is certainly not blameless, though, regardless of his mother's actions.

Yup.  Lock them up when not in use or being carried.  Mental issues of the kid are secondary.

If you reply to a post with a "Yup", it is then considered reasonable to actually agree with it.  Drjones post did not blame the guns; he blamed the mother.  Mental issues of the kid are not at all secondary -- they are the *primary* cause.  The mother's contribution to those mental issues is highly relevant, whether she actively caused the issues, or just failed to get them treated properly.

The guns are a secondary issue, at most.

PhilB

[Ddan]

Largely agreed.  The young man himself is certainly not blameless, though, regardless of his mother's actions.
If you reply to a post with a "Yup", it is then considered reasonable to actually agree with it.  Drjones post did not blame the guns; he blamed the mother.  Mental issues of the kid are not at all secondary -- they are the *primary* cause.  The mother's contribution to those mental issues is highly relevant, whether she actively caused the issues, or just failed to get them treated properly.

The guns are a secondary issue, at most.

PhilB

So by this reasoning if the mom had collected, say, flintlock pistols, the outcome would have been the same?

[Drjones]

or if she were into pyrotechnics and he used a bag full of home-made napalm bottles?  What would've been worse?

Root cause; not tools or effects.

[ducpainter]

Since this thread was about a tragedy, and not the relative danger of technology...

I am still unable to wrap my mind around this.


Charlotte Bacon, 6

Daniel Barden, 7

Rachel Davino, 29

Olivia Engel, 6

Josephine Gay, 7

Ana Marquez-Greene, 6

Dylan Hockley, 6

Dawn Hochsprung, 47

Madeleine Hsu, 6

Catherine Hubbard, 6

Chase Kowalski, 7

Jesse Lewis, 6

James Mattioli, 6

Grace McDonnell, 7

Anne Marie Murphy, 52

Emilie Parker, 6

Jack Pinto, 6

Noah Pozner, 6

Caroline Previdi, 6

Jessica Rekos, 6

Avielle Richman, 6

Lauren Rousseau, 30

Mary Sherlach, 56

Victoria Soto,27

Benjamin Wheeler, 6

Allison Wyatt, 6

and you guys can't seem to understand that...

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Let's try to keep this about the 20 babies and 6 adults that were gunned down by an animal.