A terrible, terrible tragedy.

[Roland]

Yes because if people all, like you, just state......it is the fault of this sick demented individual...now let's get on with our life, nothing will change. There will always be sick individuals as long as there are humans.

'Let's just focus all our anger on this guy....o we are so happy he is dead, so much so that we almost have a good feeling from this whole incident.'

With that attitude things will continue happening. Although it is of course totally the fault of this guy....there are other factors that play a role. If we can think about those factors we might start getting a safer world, just blame everything on the weirdo might be good for the feeling...it doesn't help a single bit.

I don't know if it's just utter stupidity, ignorance, or language barriers (one of which being the inability to read emotion, intent, etc. via text on a screen). I'm going with the third option. I place the other two in the open for your decision-making only.

You don't know me. You don't know my feelings on this issue. You have me pegged dead wrong, but that doesn't seem to stop you from spouting off whatever comes to mind atop your soapbox. You would do well to do us all a favor, yourself included, and consider your perceptions of others very carefully before opening your mouth. It just may very well be that you are misguided.

There are certainly things that can be done to ATTEMPT to prevent this in the future. Most of them are tyrannical in nature. I for one refuse to succumb to that. Banning of all guns (hell, why stop there? Why not go for knives, of all sorts, as well? Screwdrivers? Hammers? Pencils? A sock? Anything that can be used to kill someone?) is not a solution. It is a knee-jerk, ignorant reaction to an overly abnormal occurrence. It's no better than saying "Give everyone guns and ammo, no matter age, criminal background, etc." People like you fail to see that, because you refuse to. Ignorance is bliss only for those who choose to participate in it.

Change will come, however slowly. That's not what matters. How it comes, what forms it takes, is. Moderate, rational change is what is needed, not blatant emotional reactionary change.

You have your opinions, and you are never going to change them. We have ours, and we likewise are not going to change them. The only difference is ignorance versus rational thought. Since we are, as always, at an impasse on this issue, why don't we ALL agree to let it drop? We get nowhere rehashing the same old tired lines. Someone could write a script to do exactly what we are doing right now, and frankly, I'm getting sick of responding, and of just reading through it all to sift the wheat from the chaff.