From My Neighbor R Steven Pruzansky
«I'm not sure what the relevance is to this tragic incident. To me, it seems more like saying something so we should say something, and trying to grasp at something to explain the inexplicable. Sometimes, silence and grief are the best and most appropriate options.
The govt can pass new laws. [Look] This nut broke 41 laws in his act. Would another law have mattered? How?
Would making guns illegal change anything ? Drugs are illegal. Yet people who want them get them. Same with guns. The criminal will always find a way.
Maybe we should wait before offering any policy prescriptions. [But I do] think we [could] denounce video games...
RSP»
Reacting out passion may lead to ill-considered actions with highly unintended consequences
Banning Assault Weapons makes sense on its own merits, but is IMHO just the proverbial tip of the iceberg. We might windup taking solace in an ersatz symbolic gesture that resolves little and avoid pursuing the more embedded issues underlying this symptom.
Best Regards,
RW
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