Yes we know what happened a guy stopped his car got out and started stalking a kid.
Yes we know what happened a man killed a teenager. One armed with skittles.
The reason why I think so many here are upset about this topic is that this event is an uncomfortable truth about the Second Amendment.
Most of us will buy a weapon....go hunting, have it in our house,etc. Most of us will be responsible and lock it away when not using it and teach our children about the responsibility of fire arms.
However there is going to be a small percentage of people who will abuse this right to the point of taking other people's lives. Happens all the time here in America.
At what point does my right to buy a weapon start to be paid in blood by innocent persons? I can buy an AR-15 and put it on my wall and shoot it at the range on weekends. I will never hurt a fly. But in the back of my mind I would be thinking that those kids in Connecticut paid a price for me to have that weapon.
Trevor Martin paid a price too....he did not start the incident. Perhaps he was just defending himself..standing his ground when he started to push back against a wannabe cop who had a hard on carrying a Tek-9 in his pocket. Whatever the case my ability to freely purchase and carry a weapon was paid for by Martin. And others killed everyday by weapons.
I do not hate guns....but I am really getting concerned about a country that is casually becoming armed and dangerous. Collateral damage is just another polite way of saying that no one I loved got killed today.
I guess what I am really trying to say is best said in an old science fiction story by Ursula K. Lequin. I think it won the Hugo.
http://www-rohan.sdsu.edu/faculty/du...nts.omelas.pdf