The Sandy Hook Elementary School killings has become another moment where I pause and ask God - WHY???!!!
However, in the meantime, it is time for we the people to have a serious talk.
Let's discuss mental health and the services that are available for people with mental illnesses and disorders. There is something unethical about allowing someone who is known to have violent behaviors to blend in with the population where at any point, something tragic can happen to someone.
Let's also discuss the issue with assault weapons.
Who should have them? What is the criteria? Why? etc. It just seems to me that too often we hear the common statement, this doesn't happen here or this is not supposed to happen here. Where is it supposed to happen?
Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) told Fox News Sunday that he believed more guns are the answer to violence in schools.
"I wish to god she had had an M4 in her office," he said of Sandy Hook Elementary School principal Dawn Hochsprung, who was also killed in the shooting.
Really???!!! Is that the solution???!!!
As a mother, this hits close to home. I cannot imagine what the other parents and families are going through right now. I cannot imagine what the husbands and children are going through without their loved one returning to their homes. I feel such a sadness about it, yet my sorrow cannot be compared to their unbearable grief.
We really need to get serious about this issue. I do hope that parents who have children with mental illnesses/disorders who exhibit violent behaviors can recognize the danger that they may be facing and it's impact on society as a whole. There is a huge responsibility that comes with being a parent. Recognize your role, get support, find a group, organization or create one. Shake the stigma and deal with the situation at hand. Yes, there will be good days but please do not allow those days to keep you from actively seeking help. Speak up and speak out loudly - don't wait for another situation like the one we're facing to come forward only to slip helplessly back into your norm.
In the midst of this emotional period, let the lives of those who were so violently taken away be the prompt for us to make a change.
It's time to talk! It's time to take action...
When I saw the news. I was so totally devastated. My sympathy goes out for the family of those who have robbed by their loved ones. Though I do not know what is the reason behind the shooter's outrage, I must say, he is one disturbed individual and if he was only able to talk to someone maybe the incident would not have happened. But because it already did, my heart goes out to the kids who are as innocent as an angel and been deprived to live a fuller life:(
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