Tragedy On Campus
Filed under: R.I.P.
A gunman opened fire at Northern Illinois University on Thursday, killing five people before taking his own life.
This shit makes us so angry!!!!
Why does it seem that kind of stuff happens so much in America but not other parts of the world????
That kind of violence just makes no sense.
Our thoughts with everyone affected by this tragedy.
Posted: February 15, 2008 at 7:24 am
not just gun control but a lot of mutual distrust, hate, complete lack of humanity.
Because you can buy a gun on every streetcorner in America!
America makes a big scene about a boob from janet, every women has them for god sake, but guns ar normal stuff in a supermaket, amazing!
Here in Europe hardly no one has a gun, and it is considerd dangerous, just like it should be!
It happens to Americans because you're allowed to carry guns around in your back pocket… like what the fffff…..
"Why does it seem that kind of stuff happens so much in America but not other parts of the world????"
The rest of the world doesn't condone the insane right to bare arms movement that's so huge in the US, the gun lobby is huge and extremely powerful. Bowling for Columbine does a good job of showing how scary the NRA truly is.
These kind of things DO happen in the rest of the world, but it's much less common and usually governments swiftly react to it and put through - you guessed it - complete bans or tougher restrictions on gun ownership. Look up the Dunblane Massacre and how the British government reacted to it.
Maybe it happens in America more because the country is over run with guns. In Canada we have a problem with Americans smuggling guns in. I mean damn. We rarely have crap like this happen here. It seems every couple of months there something is happening at a school.
Re: duh –
Please do some reading on your own. "Bowling for Columbine" is based in fantasy vice fact. Michael Moore loves to make bold statements and is not averse to twisting or making up historical detail to make his point appear more valid.
Please educate yourself and don't use a movie, made for entertainment and money making, as your reference for current or historical affairs.
Canadian gun laws are among the toughest in the world & most of the illegal handguns enter Canada illegally via the United States!!! I'm not saying Canada is perfect.It's not, but let's face it there's lots of crazy people out there and having easy access to a killing machine is just plain insane..but like the environmental policies, tight gun policies will affect the flow of C:A:S:H and money talks & guns bring in big bucks…So, even after this tragic event not much will change unless there is a public outcry…
Re: Lisa – Good point. Canada is not immune to this. Canada doesn't do their news in the sensationalizing, fear mongering way some of the American networks do. Canada is stellar when in comes to investigative reporting programs like W5.
Gun laws do play a part. But there are many troubled teenagers and young adults being prescibed medications that energize them physically enough to act on a lot of things that they would be too depressed physically to do otherswise. i.e. antidepressants and increased risk of suicide…black box warnings …..etc Pharmaceutical companies need to address this. The media needs to as well. I wonder if the media is influenced by the big advertising dollars generated from this industry. I know the government is.
Peace to those who are suffering during such a tragic time, and RIP to those innocent people who were innocently targeted. God Bless xxx
sorry lav… when you say this doesnt happen in the rest of the world what you mean is why doesnt it get published when it happens in the rest of the world? happens in america = everyone must know.. happens in some other country = who the fuck cares?
its so bad, guns aren't the major problem in britain at the moment but knife crime amongst kids is shocking and now a uk wide hanging spree is raging like wildfire, one 17 yo hung themselves in sleaford, lincs last night, its just so wrong and crazy
Perez,
Thank you for mentioning this. I am an alumni of NIU and still live close to campus. My little cousin who currently goes to NIU was just feet away from where this all happened. It really just throws you off when something like this can happen so close to home. He is safe, but there are still others who have passed or who are still hospitalized. Please everyone take this opportunity to embrace your loved ones, you never know when tragedy might hit. Thank you for your kind thoughts.
The death count is now 7 as of this morning. I am from Northern Illinois and I want to send my condolances to any families affected by this tragedy
BECAUSE OUR SYSTEM SOCKS. IT TAKES A MOTHER AND FATHER RO RAISE A CHILD, NOT A VILLAGE. IF YOY NEED TO BEET THE CRAP OUT OF THE KID YOU SHOULD NOT TO BE AFRAID TO DO IT. SAME AT SCHOOL. DISCIPLINE!
DISCIPLINE AND DISCIPLINE! SOMETIMES PHISICAL IS NEEDED. SO PARENTS RISE YOUR KIDS PROPERLY. YOU ARE NOT THE BEST FRIND FOR A KID. YOU ARE AND SHOULD BE PARENT.
Perez, are you seriously asking why this stuff happens in American only? The answer is GUNS. That is why shit like this happens most often in America. People want to say that you can't blame the "tool"(gun), just the person. BUT why the fuck are these young people carrying around guns? Where do they get them? AND why are your gun laws so damn lenient? This kind of stuff can be prevented and it makes me sad to think that nothing is being done about it!
There's tragedy all over the world, whether it's the dying refugees from the crisis in Sudan or an addict mother on a Glasgow housing estate - it's just that America has the most cameras. Obviously gun crime is an awful thing, and everyone feels for the people involved, but when you compare the coverage that such incidents receive to the coverage of, say, a shooting in Colombia, it does seem quite disproportionate.
It doesn't happen anywhere else? IT HAPPENS EVERYWHERE! idiot.
Re: Joan COllins – And many of these students are prescribed antidepressants. It is a prozac nation. Re: Jen – Re: Kev –
Thanks God I'm not living in America…
"Why does it seem that kind of stuff happens so much in America but not other parts of the world????"
Because your system teaches kids to hate each other since high school. In Europe we have no prom queens, no dorks and no bullies… We only have young people treating each other humaly and nicely
the problem isnt the guns… they just make killing easier… the question sould be… What about the US has broken these people and driven them to kill at random ???
I'll admit that the accessibility of guns is a problem… but these young men seem to find a rage within themselves that would express itself with a knife or a baseball bat.
society's fault
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this is really really tragic. but i'd just like to point out that Perez says this only seems to happen in America but no where else….this is not true at all. There is violence all over the world and i can understand why you wold think this only happens in America with Virginia Tech etc. this is really tragic but it happens in other places…just no one hears about it because its in smaller/less developed countries.
GIVE BACK THE GUNS>>>>>
What pisses me off even more than the senseless shootings, is how the cowardly bastards off themselves before law enforcement has a chance to blow their freakin' heads off. They take the easy way out. Now they won't have to go to court, explain to victims' families why they did what they did, do some (if any) jail time, or go through psychiatric treatment. Chicken shit is all they are.
GUNS.
Are you serious? Your answer is gun control? While it is a lot easier to get a gun in America, that doesn't mean that those who are getting guns do not know how to handle them. If you make more strict laws those low-lifes are still going to find a way to get them. Look at gangs in Chicago, Los Angles… you think they got a gun legally? No way in hell. They stole them, bought them from some jackass, or used other means to get their hands on a gun. I am a student at NIU. I was there. Screw you for thinking this was some gun control issue. How dare any of you try to talk like you know what the hell happened.
Re: Megan - NIU Student – My heart goes out to the entire community. This incident and many like it have caused the nation to grieve collectively.
Talking about this is helpful in any forum. And you take the good with the bad.
Be strong.
Totally! Why are guns legal in America???? Ban guns and this shit won't happen (as much).
We need some serious gun control in this country. I'm voting for Clinton in my state's primaries in May because I am confident that she'll help put an end to this kind of destructive behavior by making it more difficult to obtain guns in the first place.
THIS is what happens in a society where a lot of very ANGRY people are running as hard as they can just to have "the lifesytle" which peer pressure forces them to pursue, and medicating themselves (pharamceuticals, alcohol, illegal drugs) to deal with personal failure and emotionally isolation
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…just add easy access to guns and stir…
actually, things like this have happened in Canada and Germany. I was living in Germany when the Erfurt school massacre happened. Over 20 people died. It does seem prevelant here tho. My sister goes to this school and yesterday was very frightening for my family and everyone connected to that community.
Re: MissKim – it's not just the parents. A LOT of it is society! The way people treat others. The VT shooter was an outcast that was teased and tormented, same with the Columbine shooting a few years ago. The 15 yr old boy in California that was pronounced brain dead was was said to dress feminine at times. If people could learn to be more accepting, stop judging so much, and just let people be who they are without all the ridicule things would be much better. There are alot of people out there that need help, but there are also alot of people that push them to it. I'm surprised some of these celebrities haven't done something similar concidering how much they are judged, made fun of ,ect… What ever happend to live and let live, treat people the way you want to be treated. My heart goes out to all victims and their families….even the shooters family. GOD BLESS!!
My mom works at NIU, no one should EVER have to call a parent (loved one, child, friend, etc) to see if they are alive…it is agonizing. My heart goes out to the victims (not the gunman), their families and the scared students and faculty at NIU….police, fire departments…should be commended for the amazingly quick response to the campus!
As to the question of why do things like this only happen here in the US…well I suppose if you are talking about campus shootings…but as I watch WGN this morning, there has been another suicide bomber in the middle east….I think we are centrally minded to think that the US is the only place for senseless violence.
Perez~
Thank you for posting this story…I have 3 cousins who attend NIU, they are all ok, physically, but this is the second shooting that has hit way too close to home for us. The Tinley Park murders that happened less that 2 weeks ago makes me nervous to go anywhere…as I live in Tinley Park and shop in the same shopping center. These senseless shootings are way outta control and makes me wonder what our wonderful government is doing to stop this nonsense. How many innocent people have to die before we get any kind of Gun Control??
thats not true, it does happen in germany a lot, for some years now. not just in america
It happens in America because you carry guns………
Gun control laws in Canada did not stop the Montreal Massacre where many females were killed while on campus.
Re: Aussie Girl – I dont hunt and I live in suburbia (in fact, I live about 5 minutes from the NIU campus) and I, as well as my siblings and my father, own guns. 1) Because its a hobby, we go to the target range and shoot for fun and 2) Because I live on my own and travel regularly on my own. I feel safer on the road late at night by myself with it in the car.
Everyone is addressing owning guns as the problem, when very few people are addressing the fact that the person who did this was probably mentally unstable. I agree that there should be more rigourous laws and testing if you want to own a gun, but do some research and find that most of the people who do these kinds of things are most often people who obtained a gun illegally anyway. Blaming it guns is only taking away responsiblity from the monster who did this.
Re: AMA – That's absurd. I have no idea how to go about getting a gun in the United States. I do not even know anyone who owns a gun. My father and brother are the only people I know who have even touched guns and they are both in the military. Your statement is essentialist.
You mean to tell me that Iraq doesn't have children being forced to act as human bombs for their OWN fundamentalist citizens? MURDER happens everywhere. The "right to bear arms" has nothing to do with somebody randomly obtaining a weapon. Look at Washington D.C. Highest crime rate in the nation…strictest gun laws. Please stop being uneducated, you make me sick.
it's mainly because Americans are so stupid and are allowed guns.
stupid Americans + guns = death
but still, very sad.
on another point, why are the names of universities called 'such and such university' but Americans call them colleges? …
I see. Most people in this comment section already mentioned the fact that it is too easy in the U.S. to get a gun. I am from Germany and here these tragedies happen too. However, much less than in the States. And when it does it is a kid stealing a shotgun from his dad, whose hobby it is to go for hunting. Unfortunately the weapon industry will never agree that gun rampages at schools are to be blaimed on the simple providing of guns in the U.S. Something is really very, very wrong with the US law on firearms!!!
I really like you comment here, you nailed the nail on the head with it! Now I just wished you would write some of your celebrity comments this way too. The ones that are written in a disrespectful way! EX. Lynn Spears going to see her grandchildren you made out to be a horrible thing!
This 'shit' happens because you Americans think it's your 'right to bare arms'. 'Arms' do nothing more than 'KILL' people. It's the dumbest 'liberty' the rest of the western world has ever heard of.
The Montreal Massacre
All women…may they too be remembered on this day.
For 45 minutes on Dec. 6, 1989 an enraged gunman roamed the corridors of Montreal's École Polytechnique and killed 14 women. Marc Lepine, 25, separated the men from the women and before opening fire on the classroom of female engineering students he screamed, "I hate feminists." Almost immediately, the Montreal Massacre became a galvanizing moment in which mourning turned into outrage about all violence against women.
pretty much everyone in switzerland has a gun, and there's almost no gun crime there. Maybe it's something about their culture, or maybe it's because they know everyone else has a gun.
" Why does it seem that kind of stuff happens so much in America but not other parts of the world???? "
well probably because you americans are allowed to have guns !
It's not so much about gun control as it is about American culture. I saw a statistic that said that Canada has more guns per capita than the states does, yet school shootings and office killings rarely happen in Canada.
It's American culture that's to blame.
lack of gun control
My cousin goes there, she was in the next room heard it all seen the aftermath, ran for her life! Scary shit, It's devestating. And it takes longer to get a gun in IL than 1 hour.
ANd I think it's because parents don't get there children on meds, somebody had to know he was sick, come on.
I go to NIU and some of these comments really disturb me, ppl care more about being 1st to post a comment than the things that happened here today. A gun controll debate and bashing on college students is not what needs to go on right now OR talking about beating your kids. Thank you for addressing this.
AMA (post#4) needs to brush up on their current events - as do you Perez. These things happen in Canada despite our stricter gun control laws. On December 6th 1989 a gunman entered Montreal's Ecole Polytechnique killing 14 women - only women, and not by chance, it was a hate based crime. More recently, in September 2006, a gunman killed one and injured 19 others at Dawson College in Montreal. These shootings are epidemic and tragic, and the best way to fight them is with knowledge and awareness.
Re: Megan - NIU Student – Stay strong, Megan.
Bad stuff happens all over the world every second of the day however there are no news reports about many because no one cares. Get over the idea that only bad stuff happens in America. Criminals have guns legal or not.
doesn't happen in other places?? like those suicide bombers that pull their shit every single day??
God, this is just so horrible. My thoughts and prayers are with the families. This is so scary. Seems like there is just so much hate in our society now and such a lack of regard for human life. I can't imagine what it would be like to be afraid to go to a class because of this, or be in some foreign country where bombings occur as they do. We live in a scary world. ((((HUGS)))) to the students, faculty, and families…….
gun control that is how it does not happen in the other parts of the world!
Why does this happen in America so much? Are you kidding me… everyday the news reports relay that another suicide bomber has gone into a busy market area in the Gaza Stip and injured and killed sometimes hundreds. If this guy didn't have access to a gun he still would have carried out is hatred and corruption in another matter. Gun contril is not the problem, the individual with the gun is the problem. Wake up and quit taking the easy way out by blaming it on the lack of gun control. Typical liberal sentiment to blame it on gun control… why… because its the easy thing to do. Guns don't kill people, people kill people - they just sometimes chose to use a gun — but I assure you if a gun isn't available, they would just use something else.
Re: Helene – We DON'T all carry guns! You have got the wrong idea. I think you must imagine a nation where everyone has a concealed firearm, but it just isn't like that. I do not know a SINGLE PERSON who owns a gun and I have lived in the United States nearly my entire life! This particular shooter was obviously mentally distressed and I think that is just as much a healthcare issue as it is a gun control issue. Yes, there are things wrong with our country—it's not news to us, sweetie—but how hateful must you be to deride all Americans in a time when we are obviously not doing well?
This is very tragic, I had just barely graduated from Virginia Tech when that incident happened. My prayers go out to NIU. However, these occurences happen all the time in other countries as well, and it is also extremely tragic; we are just too self-centered to be conscious about them and too self-absorbed to aknowledge.
So thats mean u would rather have this type of stuff happen somewhere else?…. How about we don't have this happen at all
Re: Elliot – The Montreal massacre…..case in point….and others too.
Canada has its problems too. We have discussed locking down schools.
So let's forget about all the suicide bombings that happen almost daily in the Middle East.
America is the ONLY place in the world where senseless violence occurs.
perez, ple-a-se, read the news. only in us? us is nothing compared to south america. in usa they kill one person and BIG NEWS. we live in danger everyday here. dont be so ignorant. so typicall of americans, they think USA is the only country in the world. fuck you people.
Re: Melanaki – Also keep in mind: 303,430,511 live in the United States; only 82,210,000 live in Germany.
You people are all a bunch of fucking retards. Is there not explosions all the time in the Middle East, be it Iraq, Israel or any of those third world-God forsaken countries? Yes, it is a tragedy. But to say it happens "all the time" in America is about the stupidest thing I have ever heard. The gun laws are no different now, than they were 50 years ago. Actually, it is harder to get a gun now a days than it was 50 years ago. These hideous acts are from the actions of some fucked up, wacko who felt somehow slighted by the rest of the world. If it wasn't guns, it would be knives or swords or bombs. This shit has always happened and always will happen. It doesn't matter what the weapon of choice will be. Frankly, the fact that I have the right to carry a gun, gives me comfort in knowing that I can fucking blow away some psycho if he comes near me or my family.
It does happen in Canada, very recently in fact
Re: Anon. – I think the reason youre scared is because of the paranoia that media is filling you with, and because of someone else WITH A GUN, and its not just because the guns are aquired illegally, its because there are so many places to aquire them illegaly i.e. the store down the road from where you live. oh and that 'monster' wouldnt have been able to shoot those people if he didnt have a gun.
Maybe it's just me, but I see that most people wrote comments about gun control and the reason tragedies like this happen are b/c it's so easy for people to get guns now a days. Now, I'm not all "Pro-Gun" or anything but think about this… has anybody noticed that most of these shootings are done by kids who were "outcasts"? I honestly don't think that the availability of guns is all to blame. I know and admit that unfortunately, when I was in high school and college, I was awful to alot of people. And looking back on it now, I think it's because of people like…well… me that are the reason these tragedies occur. I'm not trying to stand on a soap box or anything, but really, take some time out of your busy schedule of "I wonder if he likes me", or "OMG she looks so fat in that outfit", and just be civil with everyone around you. Who knows what will happen in the future with you or these so called "outsiders". They may grow up and possibly do something terrible and sad like this, or they may be your future boss, or hell even President. I think it's the way we treat people in this society that is the cause of all these tragedies.
I love Canada as much as the next person, but you have to consider the fact that only 33,182,400 live in Canada. We have NINE TIMES as many people living in the United States. That probably increases the odds that we have more mentally ill people who are so distraught that they feel the need to kill people and/or themselves. Don't you think?
When something similar happened in Australia, we got tough on guns, its time to stop fighting, using the law as an excuse and the right to bare arms rubbish and get some control over guns…maybe then people will stop solving their problems by shooting someone. Its a sad, sad thing.
Hey guys im from Scotand, and everytime something happens like this in the states everybody in the UK says the samething. Get rid of the draconian 'right to bare arms' clause in the constitution. That clause was written in a time when 'arms' meant farmers with pitchforks fighting against the English. It has no place in modern day developed society like yours. Our thoughts here are with all students and their families.
guns have nothing to do with it…a gun doesn't shoot itself…it's the person that owns it…plus have u ever taken a good look at these kids that shoot up these schools…there the kids that are different and are meant to feel like outsiders because some kids can't accept someone being different or an individual…instead they tease and bully and this is what happens…it's like the shit u do perez, i won't be suprised if someone guns u down one day…people need to stop being so hateful and violent…u people come on this story talking about…oh the violence it's so sad…but then u go on to a story about britney or paris and what do u do…u make hateful violent comments wishing death on them…unfortunately we live in a hateful…hipocritical society and something needs to be done about it!!!
This stuff DOES happen in other parts of the world. If it wasn't guns it'd be something else anyways. I really don't feel that gun control is the problem.
And people in other countries act like we actually have a say in the matter (democracy- hah). Quit generalizing "Americans" and mind your own fucking business.
Not in other parts of the world? Have you ever heard of the Middle East, Perez? Suicide bombers? Daily Basis? Head out of your ass much?
Re: Rebecca – And yet Great Britian could not control bombings after Lord Mountbatton and family were blown to bites by the IRA or even the recent London bombings by yet even more home grown terrorists that live and breed right under your noses. Good luck with that. Remember Americans are your allies and suffer your loses as well.
As a college student, the scene of a lecture hall being shot up again terrifies me. I have three months until I graduate and I'm afriad that someone might shoot up my small college. This needs to stop and it needs to start with my peers.
My thoughts and prayers and deepest sympathies go to all of those at NIU and have connecttions to that school.
It's amazing how any psycho can get a gun in America! Go kill yourself if you're that miserable…..but leave innocent people alone!
I'm so sick of hearing this shit!
what question is that? it also happens in other parts of the world and just because no one in america is interested in europe's problems doesn't mean there are none..
and the question "why" is ridiciolous..ever heard of gun control?
Re: AMA – you're not even from canada, moron. if you were, you would have known that school shootings absolutely happen in canada. dawson college? gun control laws don't stop this. yeah, lets take guns away from EVERYONE so that people who get them illegally will STILL get them illegally and the rest of us will be fucked.
it dz happen in other countries if you can watch an international news show. we just don'g hear about it.
Only happen in America? You have to be kidding me. Violence is violence, and simply because it takes a different form in this country than it does in other parts of the world doesn't make the U.S. unique. Violence is ubiqitous. If Perez would try reading a REAL newspaper (remember the rest of the world? You know, the world outside of Britney and Lindsay?) then maybe he'd realize that other countries experience turmoil that is different only in kind to what happened yesterday in Illinois. Of course learning about world affairs requires more brainpower than keeping up with the lives of celebrities, so I doubt Perez will take on that task.
You cannot be serious Perez…that kind of shit is ALWAYS going on in other parts of the world!! Thousands of people being slaughtered in Rwanda and Darfur, suicide bombers blowing people up in the Middle East and you have the audacity to whine about five people being shot in the US! That is so typically American! I had to laugh after 9-11…while it was sad that so many innocent people died, it was ridiculous how you all threw your hands up in the air and cried about what did you ever do to deserve this! Ummm…let`s see…being the most bull-headed, arrogant nation in the world AND basically being the big stupid bully on the playground probably had something to do with it…
i just want to thank everyone for keeping us in your thoughts
I wonder if they were his guns? Or were they obtained illegally? Most likely…
Concealedcampus.org
why do u ask that question perez? would you be happier if it happened in other countries too? would you feel more comfortable? is it some kind of relief for you to know if this kind of situations happened outside the us?
Why does it seem that kind of stuff happens so much in America but not other parts of the world????
Is that a joke? Maybe because we're not gun crazy fanatics like Americans are.
May they rest in peace. In Australia it only took one serious massacre style shooting (Port Arthur) before the laws were changed to make guns heavily restricted. In the states it's common to have or know someone who owns a gun…in Australia unless you're a farmer it's very peculiar and frowned upon to even own one. The US really needs to step up and change it's gun culture.
Blame the person.. He was sick, He could have used a bomb!!!
A gun is just a piece of metal it has no brain!!
In America we are Free Nation, if others would have had a gun then he could have been stopped! Police cant be everywhere. I want and have the right per the US constitution!
Lats ban all alcohol, all Cars, all airplanes, for cars.. everyone that has AIDS lets get rid of all pills and ropes and buckets and swimmingpools and all greasy food! Just wait until the terrorist are blowing themselves up here!! you might want me and my gun to risk my like to save you or the gun on my airplane that I fly!!
I think in other countries the violence is committed by suicide bomber, youth torture squads, etc.. Only in America…..you are kidding me right?
Re: Give US a break – YES IT DOES
EXCELLENT POINT
why can't you people understand that most gun crime that happens here happens with guns that were purchased illegally? making them illegal will do NOTHING to stop gun crime. drugs are illegal here and it obviously hasn't curbed drug use. you do realize that the first thing hitler did was disarm citizens when he came to power. taking guns away from people doesn't make society safer. everyone has the right to protect themselves. oh, and school shootings do NOT only occur in this country. it happens in other countries (canada, germany). you all need to sit back and think about an issue on a deeper and more analytical level than "ohhhh…guns are so baaaad. they kill people so we should take them away from everyone". well, it this is true, then why, in britain, are violent home invasions on the rise? BECAUSE THEY KNOW YOU HAVE NOTHING TO PROTECT YOURSELF!
Wow, that question is so easy to answer: because in the USA everyone has the stupid "right to bear arms"…haha…stupid self defence. Everybody can buy a fucking gun at Walmart. Here in Europe is really hard to get a gun and and the US there are so many people wo even collect them or have one in their bedroom drawer.
This "shit" keeps happeneing to America Because of your gun laws. somone needs to start changing laws over there .. or this will continue to happen and probably get worse
Re: nintoxication – Psychiatric care for a lot of people contributes re the medication they are presribed. It just adds fuel to the fire in many cases. Psychiatric meds need to be monitored a prescribed by a psychiatrist. Monitoring is the key. Proper diagnosis and treatment. This is not happening in many cases. Health care is probably an issue as well.
cause it only happens in America. move to sweden!
I think we need to acknowledge the loss of these individuals and stop the politics for the time being out of respect for those who have experienced catastrophic loss today.
Re: Tet – You are an idiot. Do you think Bush caused this? Grow up, this is a terrible tragedy. It happened because of one disturbed individual…not our gun laws. I guess all the "foriegners" ripping the USA over this have no crime in their countries…probably not the freedoms we do either.
I feel very awful and sad about what happened. I could never understand the pain everyone is going through in this horrible tragedy BUT for Perez to say this just happens in America isn't right. What about all of the suicide bombers over east? What about all of the terrorist attacks that continually happen across the way? Everyday children can't go to school because it may be bombed. Women can't walk by themselves yet alone showing any skin or else they risk alienation from their family and possible death. Now I'm not saying this tagedy or any tragedy is comparable to one or the next but don't just think this happens in America