Tragedy, once again...

Now will they listen? 

Over the recent years of children and young adults

killing fields... the society screams about the guns.

But most of my friends feel it isn't the gun.. it is the

person.  Why aren't the powers that been concentrating

on the person.

Mental illness, and bulliness... They talk a big talk

about bulliness... but rarely is there really something

done about it. It takes a lot for a parent to get a

school to act on it.  Even today...even with all of

the ads and talk shows.. still there are slow acting

schools. I don't understand it.  And of course the

parent of the bully, is in denial... and some times you

can see why the child is like they are.. by seeing the

aggressive parent.

There is also the mental illness. Why else would a

man walk in to a theater and shoot? At the Mall or

even at the bases... like Fort Hood. Why isn't the

mental illness acted upon BEFORE the act?

Nothing upsets me more than to have the media

talk to people who say.. we thought he/she was

strange and acting weird.. Like the man who took

the young boy and went into pre planned hole in

the ground.  Even police have made note of people

they have had to engaged because of complaints,

have said the same.. acted strange.. talked to the

voices and etc.

I don't think every person needs to be institutionalized.

But certainly some action can be done..

And now.. will they listen? will they actually see it is

the person?  After all, this latest one .. there was not

a gun... it was a knife.  A KNIFE... something that can

be found in any kitchen.. or a pocket.. depending on

size.  It isn't the weapon of choice that is the issue..

it is the person... what drove them there to that point?

Isn't there something that can be done?  What are the

warning signs?  Surely it is better to have someone

talked to, looked into.. error on the wrong side, then

to keep going like we are now. 

By the way, maybe some self defense in such cases as

knives.. like using the school chairs to defend and disarm.

And remember the family of the aggressor are part of that

tragic act.  I am sure the parents of that young man were

horrified, as they heard what was going on at the school..

worried about their son.. until the words no parent wants to

hear.. "it was your son/daughter".