St. Valentine’s Day Massacre
It is impossible to fully comprehend the horrible school shooting that occurred in Florida this past week and, of course, our hearts go out to the students, parents, faculty and community members who are still reeling from this unthinkable tragedy. Most of all, we mourn the loss of so many wonderful human beings who had their entire lives ahead of them and had so much to live for. This catastrophe raises so many questions on so many levels and I wanted to share with you a few that have come to my mind.
First and foremost, how did this troubled young man have access to a weapon of any kind? This could only happen through a serious failure of the FBI and local law enforcement. Numerous warning signs were evident yet no action was taken. I fully support Governor Rick Scott’s call for FBI Director Christopher Wray to resign. The FBI must immediately cease their political attacks on conservatives and devote their full time to keeping American safe.
I would be curious to know how many of the 3,000 students at the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida attempted to reach out to the troubled young man before he perpetrated this atrocity. There is no excuse for anyone to commit such barbary, but this young man apparently sent out many cries for help over a period of several years. We don’t know anything about his biological parents, but we do know that he lost both of his adoptive parents. How many students reached out to him after his adoptive mother died just last December. Are the words ‘Diversity, Inclusiveness, and Acceptance’ which are plastered on every school marque across the nation just that…only words?
How can banning guns make any difference in curbing the violence we see on school campuses, when the current gun laws are not enforced? Liberal hypocrisy is clearly evident when they decry anti-drug laws because they encourage the smuggling of drugs across our porous southern border. They don’t seem to understand that any ban on guns would be nullified by an increase in smuggling firearms from Mexico?
As so many have said in the past week, we don’t have a gun problem, we have a people problem. Until we turn around the God-less culture that liberals have fostered in our country for the last 50 years, these senseless acts will continue regardless of the gun laws.