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- I am sharing this story because I am Adam Lanza’s mother. I am Dylan Klebold’s and Eric Harris’s mother. I am Jason Holmes’s mother. I am Jared Loughner’s mother. I am Seung-Hui Cho’s mother. And these boys—and their mothers—need help. In the wake of another horrific national tragedy, it’s easy to talk about guns. But it’s time to talk about mental illness.
- I used to do some work for a state corrections officer union and heard countless stories about how most of their work and most of their problems involves mentally ill inmates.
- Keep in mind I'm not talking about people who had a tough childhood are addicts or people who are just overwhelmed by life. I'm talking about people like Jared Lochner who are simply wired wrong.
This is just another Gabby Giffords episode. The left will try to exploit it for political gain.
From the political standpoint, we need better arguments to counter this ideological attack. This article is the step in the right direction.
Furthermore, in some of these cases, from what I can gather, the entire situation could have been mitigated or even eliminated with some simple steps that weren't taken. But when this type of tragedy finally happens, the first thing we hear is the ideological call for gun control. Or how it is the result of something that is somehow the political right's fault.
Those of us who support our traditional forms of governance are under increasing assault. We need to do better in the increasing need to protect our way of life from this ideological and cultural assault. Besides, as I have mentioned again and again, ideology can make you stupid. Our reactions to these tragedies tend towards stupidity because the first thing out of someone's mouth all too often is some stupid ideological argument.
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