tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7334687599004214919.post5253407940905057773..comments2023-05-19T08:46:29.121-04:00Comments on The Squeaky Pen: The Death of Innocents and InnocenceKathleen Yasashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03258784164001619756noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7334687599004214919.post-29287473703644069892012-12-18T07:35:11.320-05:002012-12-18T07:35:11.320-05:00Semi automatic weapons have been available since t...Semi automatic weapons have been available since the early 1900's, and really cannot be accurately fired much faster than non-automatic weapons. It is horribly tragic when young children are killed, but they are killed every day, by ones and twos, by cars and deranged adults and even by dogs. People are fascinated by "mass" killings, and the news media cater to this fascination with days of "wall to wall" coverage. Video games and Hollywood have made wholesale slaughter a staple of entertainment in America. I think few desperately mentally ill people would invent a notion to step out and kill as many strangers as they possibly could. I think these are copy-cat crimes....but as you say, the answer to the problem is elusive.headshakernoreply@blogger.com