Why?

I refereed a basketball game Friday night when I got home I hugged my girls as hard as I could.  On the way home from my game I listed to the press conference from the Connecticut State Police from the Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, CT.  Earlier in the day a man, which will be referred to as "the killer", walked in and took the lives of 26 people, 20 of which 5 year-old children.  I'm not a very emotional man but these events and the reaction of country overcame and I just could not stop thinking about.

I work from home so the television is usually off during the day so I didn't hear about what happened until early afternoon and I just could not get it out of my head.  That night as I looked on social media and news websites my disbelief continued to grow.  Then I watched the speech given by President Obama and that is when it became real to me.  I must say that was President Obama's best speech in my eyes.  He did not just talk to us as our leader, he talked to us as parent as well.  Then came the questions, why?  How?, and I realized that we will never truly know 

Over the next few days and weeks all the activists on both sides of the issue will politicize those points and to be honest, I really don't care.  These talking heads will not bring back those babies.  The stories that I have heard just don't make sense.  I guess killing of one child, let alone twenty just does not make sense to me.  What kind of place does a person go to that their mind triggers them to do such a horrifying act.  That goes beyond the issue that the pundits will be arguing. This will bring about questions that nobody in their right mind ever thought they would have to answer, let alone ask.

A friend of mine I grew up with said it perfectly early Saturday morning "Trauma when I was a kid was falling off my bike,tree,swing,etc....Today's trauma for kids ...is their classmates getting shot and killed are you kidding me???" I couldn't agree more.  What kind of world do we live in that our 5 year old children are not safe?  What kind of world do we live in where the killer had zero regard of human life, and even less regard for the life of children?  What kind of world do we live in where students feel they can attack police officers without concern for punishment or consequences?

With regards to the issue that the pundits will be spreading their propaganda I have to say just this.  I made it clear last week where I stand on this issue and I am not going to bore you anymore with it.  Actor Dax Shepard tweeted on Friday "I love guns. I have several, but I would gladly get rid of them if it would help prevent anything like this from happening again.".  That's all I have to say about that.

Friday we left our front porch light on overnight in memory of the people that died that day.  I was also overwhelmed at how people came together to memorialize the victims of this tragedy.  I also want to call out attention to the first responders who were at the school within minutes of the call, unfortunately it was already too late.  Lastly, to the parents that lost their children.  I could not even begin to fathom what they are going through as I am quick to console my girls when they bump their heads.  My heart breaks for you and will continue to break for you.

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