I do not want to get into a discussion about this, so I’m offering it without comment.\u00a0 I know that I have certain biases, those aren’t really for discussion either.\u00a0 I know today’s incident has done immeasurable damage to individuals, families, communities and our very society.\u00a0 It is a massive tragedy.\u00a0 Yes, it was also preventable… maybe.\u00a0 I don’t have a solution for gun violence, I don’t think anyone has a solution for it.<\/p>\n
Until we can fix PEOPLE, then the problems caused by people will always be a part of our lives.<\/p>\n
The following is not meant as an attempt to redirect or excuse what happened today.\u00a0 I merely present it as something that we should be outraged about, but aren’t (and yes, I do include myself in this “we”).<\/p>\n
United States Annual Death Statistics<\/p>\n
Worldwide Death Statistics Children age 5-9<\/p>\n
Other Child Stats<\/p>\n
This all sucks on an epic scale.\u00a0 But we have become numb to it.\u00a0 No one can maintain the level of outrage needed to correct several million deaths per year.<\/p>\n
Gun violence is immediate, bloody, and massively reported because it makes the news.\u00a0 There could be an entire news channel devoted to 24\/7 reading the cases of child abuse reported and they wouldn’t be able to keep up.<\/p>\n
We, as a society, as a species, have some major problems.\u00a0 Yes, guns are one of them.\u00a0 But the real problem is people.\u00a0 We can’t fix people and some people are crazy, some are hurting so bad we can’t imagine it, some are just incapable of behaving as society expects.<\/p>\n
I don’t know what to do with any of this.\u00a0 It’s all a tragedy and I’m numb right now along with the rest of the country.<\/p>\n
I don’t have any answers.\u00a0 Perhaps, we as a tiny community can do something to help somewhere… I hope so.\u00a0 Meanwhile I’m going to go back and sit with my son for a long, long time.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
SO much for without comment huh?<\/p>\n
References:
\nhttp:\/\/www.childhelp.org\/pages\/statistics<\/p>\n
http:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/alcohol\/fact-sheets\/alcohol-use.htm<\/p>\n
http:\/\/www.wfp.org\/hunger\/stats<\/p>\n
http:\/\/www.csdp.org\/research\/1238.pdf<\/p>\n
http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/in_depth\/7776127.stm<\/p>\n
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