What Caused Mall Shootings? Enter Mr. No Kidding
Kid breaks up with girlfriend, loses job, breaks out the shooting irons. Media types wonder "what made him do it?" Man, within 24 hours, the shooter becomes the victim.
How about: he was possessed by demons? As our God is a living God, so too must then be Satan.
How about the egging-on the media circus imparts? Suicide note says: "Now I'll be famous." Ain't that something? Of course, this is what the media really wants, to create horrific news that coerces everyone to watch. Take a gander at the weather teasers every day.
What made him do it? How about "He's crazy." Can't people be crazy anymore?
A friend of mine recently expressed difficulty in adjusting to suburban life after a year in Baghdad. He's a good pal and I feel for him. Better him than me putting himself in harm's way. (I am a veteran army officer, by the way, who has had enough near misses with live bullets than most of my pre-9/11 generation.) God Speed, my erstwhile colleagues. But, my response was basically: Any guns in your lunch pail? Any dogs talking to you? Truck full of ammonium nitrate in the driveway? If you can answer No to all three questions, keep on chooglin'.
Some people are just crazy, just like some people are just dumb, and some people have all the luck while most of us have none of it.
"Now I'll be famous."
Sheesh.
