Re: Sandy Hook

["Marc" <marc () marcd org>]

What would be interesting would be a true root cause analysis.   All that the suggestions I have heard from any source 
so far accomplish is to treat symptoms – like taking acetaminophen for an abscessed tooth.  It might make you feel 
better temporarily, but it’s not going to solve the problem.

 

One of our Congressmen made the observation “Of the 12 deadliest shootings in our nation’s history, half of them have 
happened in the last five years.”  Aside from his obvious bias against firearms, and my skepticism that this is an 
accurate statement,  the real question is ‘why?’.  My bet is that it’s not because firearm technology has gotten 
better, because it really hasn’t changed all that much since the 1930s.  Nor is it likely because access to firearms is 
easier – in reality, there are more restrictions and laws in place since the Gun Control Act of 1968.  

 

Could the fabric of society be unduly stressed?  Could the cultural view of life in general have changed since the 
1950s?  What would it *really* take to address the issues?  

 

Of course the other question is: Is it really worse now, or is this just a perception facilitated by better reporting 
and media?   For instance, how would the civil war and the events leading up to it play out today?  How would the 
Occupy movement have played out back in the time of the Revolution – or did it? Maybe the Founding Fathers should have 
had Guy Fawkes masks?  

 

Either way, it’s supposed to all be over next Friday – and, luckily, I have it off from work (for other reasons).  I 
can’t help but wonder if the Mayans would have just gone out and bought a new calendar like we do every year when our 
calendar ends.

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