As so many know yesterday in Newtown, Connecticut, a terrible tragedy occurred when a lone man walked into the Sandy Hook elementary school and shot 20 students and 6 teachers and staff and then committed suicide. Horrible, unbelievable and terrifying especially for the young students. So innocent. School is supposed to be a safe place and at least one teacher was killed while hiding her students. Awful. It is so hard to wrap my head around this. I don't understand why the United States can not pass decent gun control laws to prevent the sale and use of weapons that can hold so many rounds of ammunition. The guns used were bought (apparently) legally but why should any individual own a weapon that can fire off so many bullets without reloading? These are not sports guns or rifles- they were designed to kill many. They should not be in the hands of individuals. And again, the issue of mental health services is being brought up and the care provided to those individuals who have problems. In times like these one questions why it is so hard to get insurance companies to pay for services and why now is not the time to cut those services provided by the government.
I had to turn off the public radio this afternoon as I could not listen anymore. My prayers and thoughts are with the townspeople, the families, the first responders, - everyone who turned out to help....I hope that the families will be able to find some comfort some day.
I hope that some good will come of this tragedy.
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