John Lott's Website: School shootings some thoughts

10/03/2006

School shootings some thoughts

I don't have much new to add to the school shootings other than note that all three took place in gun free zones. For a general discussion, see this op-ed and academic research.

2 Comments:

saturdaynightspecial said...: The problem still exists: the media is refusing to spread the truth. But there are some small indicators that this is changing.; 10/03/2006 5:51 PM
Anonymous said...: Although no amount of pro or anti gun argument would likely have made any difference to the Amish shooting (they have an agrarian view of firearms, not tactical/combative), it always strikes me as odd that the reflexive response to Columbine-like shootings is always to focus on the *tool* used to inflict the damage.

Rather than taking futile steps to further render the population naked in the face of criminal predation, how about asking how we *all* can help defuse the environment within which such terrible events occur?

How about simply being nicer to each other? How much taunting, emotional bullying, ridicule, humiliation does it take for a human to 'snap' and vent themselves in bloody carnage? How about *not* engaging in such torment? How about parents stepping up and doing a better job raising civilized kids that don't act in ways that can incite violence?

We do not live in a consequence-free world, and as horrific as these murders are, we must not wallow in our grieving victimhood...we can all be better people and contribute to a more peaceful society.

Yet be responsibly armed in preparation for the inevitable failures, despite our best efforts...; 10/06/2006 12:59 PM