No, most immigrants -- legal or not -- aren't walking thousands of miles. They're flying into American airports as if they're on vacation, then they're just not leaving.They walk thousands of miles to get here and you would direct them to walk thousands more or to cross an ocean?
Agree. I can understand -- not condone, but understand -- being angry with a specific person /wanting to hurt that person. Not that it's right to follow through with it, but I can grasp the motivation. On the other hand, thrashing out at strangers, not knowing who will be killed /hurt /emotionally scared ... that's a whole different thought process. That's blatant disregard for humanity.They are international mass murder.
I'd vote for mandatory death penalty for anyone who shoots randomly in a public setting. No chance for appeal. Don't care if you're mentally ill. If you shoot up a public place, kill and scar strangers for life, we don't need you among the living.
When I was taking driver's ed as a teen, Coach Chance said, "There's no such thing as an accident. Call 'em what they are: wrecks. Wrecks don't happen by accident -- they happen because someone made a bad choice." I think he was a little too black-and-white in his answer, but this is mostly true.We all accept that "accidents" will happen when operating machinery and we do what we can to mitigate them. We all accept that tornadoes and hurricanes happen and we can't control it. Accepting that mass shootings are like that is pretty sad.
I don't know that it's mental illness entirely ... though our obsession with phones and technology /our lessened attachment to one another as human beings is definitely a big part of this problem.I believe it is our society's crumbling mental health. I believe tip toeing around people that are mentally ill, making excuses for the mentally ill, and not properly helping the mentally ill has much to do with the daily gun murders.
Agree.Maybe my perception is skewed, but I can’t help but see a correlation between the increase in the number of mass murders of total strangers and the decline of faith in our country. (Selfless) thoughts, and prayers (pre-shooting) seem to be rare birds these days.
I agree that this is a good idea, and I think it's starting to happen. Don't play up the gunman in any way.For starters, the mass media needs to drastically change how they portray mass shooting suspect(s). They need to stop highly sensationalizing these types of events for entertainment value & ratings increase.