Sadness and Grief

The is no way to write a blog called Connecticut Comments without commenting on the biggest news story in Connecticut of the last thirty years (as long as I have lived here.) But what can one say about the senseless slaughter of little children? Certainly, we pray for these children and we hope that their families are comforted, but we all know that the loss of these innocents will never be overcome. A child in kindergarten is a joy, undeserving of a terrible fate like that which befell those in Newtown. There is no way to make sense of this act.

Some, like New York Congressman Jerry Nadler, want to exploit the tragedy to pass some sort of gun legislation. But we now know that all of the weapons used were purchased legally by the first victim of the shooter, his mother. Further, even a ban on assault weapons would not have made any difference here; the shooter mainly used hand guns that would not have been covered by such a ban.

The problem is not with the guns here, no matter what the politicos want to talk about. The problem is to understand, if possible, how a 20 year old could do such a thing. What was actually going on in his mind? What could drive him to this? Sadly, we will probably never know the answer.