The massacre that happened at a school on Friday Dec. 14 was pure evil. I don't care to know who the shooter was or why the shooter did those things. The only stories that I care about hearing from that event are the ones about the heroes, like Victoria Soto who laid down her life to save the lives of her kids.
I also do not care to hear all the bad rhetoric that has come out since the event. It just sickens me when something bad happens and people try to find excuses to take the blame off of the wrongdoer. Circumstances can play a part of evil events, but that should not mean that we do not hold the wrongdoer accountable for those actions.
Evil massacres like this has occurred all through history. The Christmas story as well as the story of Moses have massacres of innocents within them. This shows that it is evil and not the weapons that cause these events. (note: People within the US do not own automatic weapons, so we do not really have pure assault rifles. What we have here amounts to semi automatic hunting rifles that are replicas of assault rifles. I call them replicas because they are missing the piece that makes them automatic.)
God has not ever depended on school curriculum, policies, or intercom announcements to be in a place. God is everywhere. His message is spread through the changed lives of the people He inhabits.
The way violence is portrayed within the US could very well be a contributing factor in these events, but that should not excuse the wrongdoer for his actions. He did what he did because he chose to do those things.
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