What Tragedy?

Why is a crowd-murder referred to as a tragedy?  Where is the hero brought low by a flaw or unfair overwhelming circumstances?  To refer to the Tucson murders as a tragedy is to excuse murder.

Is Jared the Accused a hero? Absolutely not.  A main character? Again no, just a bit player, acting out.  The main stream media has stopped noting the chemical straightjackets most of these people are wearing, but in time we'll learn he was off his meds.  As I've argued before, the problem is not that these people were off their meds, the problem is they were put on meds.

Are the people who died heros, coming to a tragic end?  No, they were murdered.  That is not a tragedy, it is murder.

It is reported Jared was expelled from school until he could get a medical evaluation.  Why not expel him until he behaves himself?  Why excuse his behavior by calling it a medical condition?  Hold people accountable.

We no longer expect people to be responsible for their actions.  Add entitlement mentality to no consequences and meds, then you have a lethal combination.

We are all facing stress, but we do not shoot up a crowd.  What Jared the Accused did was murder, plain and simple.

An armed citizen was a first responder, coming out of Walgreens, after hearing the shots, and seeing the carnage, he put his hand on his gun and let off the safety.  But he did not draw. Seeing a man holding a gun he elected to tackle that man rather than shoot him.  This is the typical citizen with a gun: highly trained, highly motivated, but with no sense of entitlement.  Responsibility, yes, entitlement no.  Just because you have a gun does not mean you use it, even in a gun fight.  Good thing the citizen elected not to shoot, since the man holding the gun had just disarmed Jared the Accuser.  The crowd shouted an explanation, avoiding another killing.

Jared the Accused is not crazy, he is a criminal.  If we had more citizens, highly trained, motivated and armed, Jared would have been stopped sooner.  In fact, stats show armed citizens stop such carnage faster with lower tolls then when the police are first responders.  The criminals head to schools and post offices where guns are banned, so they can make the crime bigger.

We need a free market in violence, to deal with criminals who operate behind "mental illness."

Read Thomas Szasz on "mental illness" vs. organic brain damage.

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