a sad day

[north puller]

May God bless the souls of the children who died today.
 

[1965lonewolf]

same here !!!!
 

[Larry Baker]

I'm missing something here for sure,what gives with these folks????????

guess we did live the Good O'le Days for sure
 

[Dave Feldkamp]

Also to remember their parents and family in our prayers.
 

[showdown]

In this day and age i' am not suprised that it's not happening more. Here go your gun rights again, another fight for the N.R.A. God Bless America.
 

[jim johnson]

Isn"t it hard to believe that people can think of this? It"s what this country has become because of Liberalism! You make a law that you can"t do this and you can"t do that and before long all folks think about is getting home and having that six pack of beer after work and the hell with the kids. I know people that look at me and think I"m crazy for this tractor pulling, it cost too much money, it takes too much time, but they are always drinking and doing nothing with their kids. Talk about something with them. SOMETHING. All this "it"s ok to be a single parent" is for the birds.

Jim

Jim
 

[MLPANKEY]

x2 in agreement. I have always had a soft side when it comes to children and believe deeply theres a special place in ell for people who commit crimes against children
 

[tim-m]

Please let GOD back into our schools again. When a gunman can get in easier than GOD, we need to reconsider a few things. Our prayers go out to those families; may they find Christ in the midst of tragedy.
 

[53 super H]

Too many wild and crazy video games out there where all these kids do is try and kill people and they can turn it off and it is over. They don"t understand the reality of death.
 

[gtx1967jewison]

All of you are right on! They are not even allowed to have CHRISTmas or pledge allegiance anymore!
 

[johndeereman]

There was the same type deal done in china today also but was 22 kids and the monster used swords and knives apperently there"s no guns in china either way that proves that taking guns away won"t stop it. The answer lies deeper than what people are allowed to posses
 

[m.appel]

blessed are the peacemakers,fore they are the children of God.
 

[IHSMOKE]

trhanks to tim m i am copying and pasting his great response to my facebook page to share with my friends .. everyone please dont forget these familys over the holidays ....IHSMOKE
 

[VicS]

It"s beyond belief! What gives with these people.
 

[MMZAck]

All really great comments so far. I too am deeply saddened about this. Yesterday I dropped off a fundraising check at the Children's Cancer Association from an event we had at work. Talk about an emotional place. There are so many kids across the country who are simply fighting to stay alive and it angers me that one guy could decide the fate in an instant for 20 healthy kids with so much in front of them. Not only that, the adults at that school were well respected and great people. And finally, think about the kids who survived who witnessed the shootings first hand - they are now messed up for life.

I believe it is social conditioning that caused this. There are no more winners and losers in schools, plus video games desensitize kids to real violence. What I think happens is that young adults get out into the real world and are hit with reality that causes them to go crazy. What's worse is many seek medication and start taking those damn anti-depressants. If they suddenly go off them it causes very bad things to happen. I read an article about shootings in the past 30yrs and by far the majority are caused by males in their 20s who simply lose it.

We just had a guy in his early 20s here in Portland on Tuesday go on a rampage at the mall and then kill himself. It's the same pattern that keeps happening over and over again and it really has an effect on the community.

Personally, I think depression and violence are caused by people who lack direction - whether it be responsibility, interest in a hobby, career path, spirituality, etc. For some reason as the conservative, capitalistic America that we all know so well from years past continues to unravel, things like this are bound to happen. There simply needs to be a shift back towards our heritage.

Zack