Tuesday, February 28, 2012

School Shootings don't happen here...

...or do they?  Apparently the answer is yes.  How does a 17 year old boy wake up one morning and say to himself "today I will shoot someone".  Were the victims tormentors?  Were they just random boys caught up in the tragedy because of their close proximity to the shooter?  What was the shooter's intent?  To hurt, to maim,  to kill?

I can't even begin to understand the dark place a mind goes or lives in that would cause that kind of chaos.

My prayers go out to the families, the victims, the friends, the teachers and the shooter and his family.

Why didn't someone see this coming?

1 comment:

Jo Ann said...

Why indeed. There are no answers, just many more questions. Very upsetting. Do you think it's a coincidence that this has never happened at a parochial school? I don't know. They start hearing "Thou shalt not kill" at a very early age.