Society has become immune
to mass murders
Editor:
America’s budget problems appear to be expanding. It seems the emergency-response teams have been reduced. Missing from the last mass murders are the highly trained Democrats and specialized mass-media personnel.
Where’s the passion? Where’s the wailing and gnashing of teeth? The speeches, the accusations and shaking of fists? The huge tear-jerking headlines complete with their own music?
Could it be a little awkward now because the only ones that took Joe Biden’s advice for using shotguns were the killers? Well, whatever it was, I guess it must have been a fad or something, as it seems more out of favor now.
When I am saddened over a death, it matters not the circumstances, for I find such motivations a human flaw, not political or legal. The tools used change, but the deaths are the same. My emotion does not go up or down with the size of a headline reporting it. The weapon caliber or number of shells or a law or absence thereof is irrelevant to me because I will have a chance as I have taken reality seriously, not leaving it up to someone else who can only be there afterward.
Our society has developed a superficial shell that pretends it cares, when in fact, it subcontracts such issues based more on electability. The only thing that matters in this issue is a killer and a victim. Life or death are dependent on their skills and tools alone. Everyone else is merely an observer.
Mark Kline
Idaho Springs