Thursday, April 19, 2007
The Fog Lifts
Mental Illness, not the 2nd Amendment
So as the fog lifts and more facts are uncovered about the VT shooter. It seems the root cause of the tragedy is a story of mental illness and our failure to see multiple warning signs than it is a story of gun control. I hope it sparks a debate on how best to address how to protect the freedoms of those suffering from mental illness and the balance of that freedom against the need to protect the public at large. It seems in this case, we all failed.
So as the fog lifts and more facts are uncovered about the VT shooter. It seems the root cause of the tragedy is a story of mental illness and our failure to see multiple warning signs than it is a story of gun control. I hope it sparks a debate on how best to address how to protect the freedoms of those suffering from mental illness and the balance of that freedom against the need to protect the public at large. It seems in this case, we all failed.
