A little over a week ago, there was another senseless shooting that took the life of a political activist, Charlie Kirk. The shooter was caught because people he loved convinced him to turn himself in to the police. He used his grandfather’s rifle to commit the murder.
Naturally, gun control advocates are jumping all over this as a reason to advance their agenda, but shouldn’t mental illness be a topic of discussion? When did shooting and killing people become the answer to someone’s anger? When I was growing up, the answer to some people’s anger was to have a discussion that might have turned into some pushing and shoving, but it didn’t go as far as to have someone draw a weapon, much less use a weapon.
All our “professionals” need to get their heads together and figure out when our society took such an ugly turn. Then, they need to work on correcting what went wrong. I believe it needs to start with families and friends noticing issues and addressing them before things get out of hand, instead of simply dismissing them.
I believe it might be very difficult to find out that a family member or friend would even think about shooting someone, let alone go out and do it. I can’t imagine the surprise and shock of those who know someone who committed a shooting that killed or injured other people.
From what I understand, the person who is accused of shooting and killing Charlie Kirk was advised to turn himself in to the police by people he knew, and authorities collected text messages between the shooter and his roommate that are evidence against the shooter.
This might be far-fetched, but it’s starting to seem that there isn’t anywhere we can feel completely safe. Sadly, we have to distrust people we don’t know well, because none of us know what’s going on in people’s heads.
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Here we are, at the end of September – already! Your trees should start to turn colors soon, and I’m sure the heat of summer is in the past. Here in Florida, it’s still in the high 80s and low 90s during the day, and down to the 70s at night. We don’t get the opportunity to witness many different tree colors here; it’s mostly green all the time, and I sure miss the colors Mother Nature sends your way in the Fall. Be sure to enjoy it because you know what follows.
Have A Good Week!
