Just The Price Of The American Dream?

Two students, aged 16 and 14, have been killed, and three others injured, by a gunman who opened fire at Saugus High School, in Santa Clarita in California.

The Innocent Face Of A 16 Year Old Killer ..

Nothing new here, in fact its said that Saugus was the 85th incident of gunfire at a US school this year alone.

Gun Toting Teachers

In the USA, after every Columbine style massacre, of which there have been many, the same old arguments rage. Should 'gun control' be brought in or tightened ....

Arming US Teachers Advocated By Some ...... Such As The NRA

.... but the debate is always stalled by politicians who will publicly shed many tears over the deaths, but privately block, or better still, quietly stall, any gun control legislation that's proposed.

Student Massacre in Virginia Tech University

The news is just coming through of a student massacre in Virginia Tech University in Virginia, US. The full facts are not yet known, but it appears that there may well have been two separate shooting incidents on the faculty within hours of each other, and a death toll in excess of 31, plus wounded. It appears to have been the work of one man, who had 'emotional' issues.

Random Gun Killings Are Not New ....

 

Firstly: My commiserations to any family, or friends of the dead, or injured who may stumble across this blog. It’s both a national and personal tragedy on a scale that it’s hard for the unaffected to imagine. Coming as it did on the 8th anniversary of the Columbine High School massacre in Colorado (surely no coincidence), it’s a particularly vivid reminder of the darker side to the American dream.