Editor’s Note: Originally published at The Roots of Liberty May 2018. While I wait for additional details on the Texas shooting - details that can improve our understanding and inform our responses (e.g. current reports indicate that the shooter was “active” in the school for a good 40 minutes, after “storming past” an armed guard before being taken down - by a CBP agent who went against protocol), I am revisiting blog posts written in the wake of previous shootings. Today’s addresses what I feel is the emerging root of our problem - the alienation and isolation of young men in today’s America.
Again, you are Spot On. I shot .22 bolt-action match rifles on school property, during school hours, in JROTC, with very little supervision, in the late 1970’s - early 80’s. (We even won a National match.) We were “lightly” supervised while shooting - classrooms were adjacent to the range. In 2022, people would stroke out if they could go back in time and see that.
And “Where The Wild Things Are” is one of my favorite books. I read it to my three-year-old grandson last week.
Maybe between what you've addressed here, and these professors, we can finally address the mass shooting epidemic. Though, I don't hold high hopes, I must admit
Again, you are Spot On. I shot .22 bolt-action match rifles on school property, during school hours, in JROTC, with very little supervision, in the late 1970’s - early 80’s. (We even won a National match.) We were “lightly” supervised while shooting - classrooms were adjacent to the range. In 2022, people would stroke out if they could go back in time and see that.
And “Where The Wild Things Are” is one of my favorite books. I read it to my three-year-old grandson last week.
Excellent, as always. I definitely think you're on to something there. Also, Politico ran this excellent article yesterday:
https://www.yahoo.com/news/really-consistent-pathway-society-stop-185445896.html
Maybe between what you've addressed here, and these professors, we can finally address the mass shooting epidemic. Though, I don't hold high hopes, I must admit
Tomorrow's is a current treatment of the same idea.
Looking forward to it!