Bless those whose lives were lost today and their families.
I understand Wiz's position on this, but I don't think that bringing up politics in a thread like this (especially immediately after the incident) is exactly the classiest thing to do...
If we only talked about gun policy when there wasn't some sort of gun tragedy no one would care. That's like saying we shouldn't have talked about the levies in New Orleans after Katrina, until sufficient grieving time had passed. No, we should talk about it now.
Besides, this is a political board. Clearly I am upset about the victims' pain and suffering, hence my desire to point out that politics is a way to deal with gun violence, and a good portion of this board and the country at large refuses to talk about it, behaving as if it's a settled issue and these deaths are just part of price of "freedom". If we want to avoid these tragedies in the future, we need to address a lot of underlying issues that aren't being otherwise discussed.
I don't see how the time of when an issue is discussed means people simply aren't going to care, and I never meant to say that this incident can't be used as an anecdote for why some gun laws are necessary, but today, emphasis should be on the victims whose lives were lost. I do not oppose talking about gun control or getting to the underlying causes of these tragedies (in fact, I believe that certain gun regulations are necessary), but let's remember what this thread is about- the massacre, itself. And today, I think most of the anger should be directed at the fiend who's responsible for this.
