2012-12-17, 11:53 AM
I'm going to chime in here for a few reasons...
The media keeps saying "He has aspergers! That's why he did it!!!". That is the biggest bunch of bs I've ever heard. I have an 11 yr old with Aspergers. He knows that shooting people is wrong. He knows that violence isn't ok. He also loves playing war video games (ie Call of Duty, etc) and knows that those are fake games. The issue with the shooter comes down to the fact that he probably wasn't getting the help he needed. People need to stop saying (esp. the newscasters who don't know pomegranate) that this is the cause of what happened. These kids need the mental health help and obviously this kid slipped through the cracks some how and some where.
I also have an issue with the gun talk. I believe that if the teachers/staff had a carrying license, maybe they would of been able to stop this kid sooner. Of course I believe in gun safety and all the other issues on the table, I just think that if more people learned how to properly protect themselves along with carrying for the right reasons, maybe a lot less lives would of been taken. The right person with the right gun can save lives. People just want to blame it on guns, when in fact, people kill people. Not guns.
The media keeps saying "He has aspergers! That's why he did it!!!". That is the biggest bunch of bs I've ever heard. I have an 11 yr old with Aspergers. He knows that shooting people is wrong. He knows that violence isn't ok. He also loves playing war video games (ie Call of Duty, etc) and knows that those are fake games. The issue with the shooter comes down to the fact that he probably wasn't getting the help he needed. People need to stop saying (esp. the newscasters who don't know pomegranate) that this is the cause of what happened. These kids need the mental health help and obviously this kid slipped through the cracks some how and some where.
I also have an issue with the gun talk. I believe that if the teachers/staff had a carrying license, maybe they would of been able to stop this kid sooner. Of course I believe in gun safety and all the other issues on the table, I just think that if more people learned how to properly protect themselves along with carrying for the right reasons, maybe a lot less lives would of been taken. The right person with the right gun can save lives. People just want to blame it on guns, when in fact, people kill people. Not guns.