...Or a fertilizer bomb in front of an office building, an aircraft or two into a skyscraper, an automobile into a crowd or even a knife to the throat. It doesn't take a long look at the deviant that allegedly did this to conclude he's criminally insane.
With the media hyping racial discord like no time since the '60s, some of it factual -a lot of it not (i.e."Hands up-don't shoot) those with damaged minds become more susceptible to all the continued rhetoric. I also suspect that the shooter, like the ones in Aurora, Newtown, Va. Tech (and just about every mass shooting in the past two decades) has a link to psychiatric medication.
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I don't think shoot outs with gun owners are a "win-win". If we wanted to really address gun violence we would go after the gangs that possess them illegally. A look at the urban gang related murders on any weekend will tell you how that's working. I also don't think it helpful projecting the actions of one deranged individual to be an indicator of universally held racist beliefs by all white Americans as some commentators would suggest.
Instead consider the inspiration of the lives well led by Rev. Clementa Pinckney and the others who perished in prayer. Thoughts and prayers for them and their grieving families.