Weighing in on the Gun Thing

I was stunned at the fool who suggested that the heroic principal should have been able to pull out her own assault weapon and kill the crazy before he killed her and all the babies and staff.  What are these people thinking??  Of course an inanimate object can't kill anyone unless some person pulls the trigger, but isn't that the point. Who is listening to parents, teachers, any authority figure?  I am from Kentucky, there were guns in every closet. As bad tempered and crazy as I am, it never crossed my mind to take one of the guns out and shoot anybody.  And damn it, I knew a lot of people who could have used a good shot to the head at blood spattering range. Yet I don't ever remember being told not to touch the rifles and shotguns, it was just in the air.  Guess the air is different now.  Children seem to think its ok to take anything of their parents they want, or put poison in the milkshakes if the parent was too strict (like wanting the little nut job to stay off her computer when she wasn't supposed to be on a computer). Gun Violence is a part of daily life that didn't exist when I was a kid and the only thing I can think to do is to get better in touch with members of your family, reach out to your communities and try to give as much care, comfort and love you can to everyone you meet.  Difficult? but not as difficult as looking at the very small, heartbreaking caskets of the babies who died. Ok, so it's rant time from Ruth Adkins Robinson