Tuesday, April 17, 2007

After the Shootings

After the murder of 32 and the suicide of one, what's next?

Should there be tougher laws for entrance to college campuses? Maybe the sales of weapons should be restricted. Or perhaps foreign-born students should not be allowed to attend schools or universities until they've undergone thorough background checks. Oh, and all students who write about violence should be immediately reported to the police.

No, I don't think so. Can you imagine what kind of life that would be? Is that what America is about?

What happened is definitely a tragedy. But it wasn't carried out by an army. It was just one man, out of 26,000 students, who stepped over the line and did the unthinkable. We don't need to change our lives because of the actions of one.

Senseless murders are tragic. So is the senseless loss of freedom.

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