Omaha tragedy
OMAHA, Neb. — A man with a rifle opened fire at a busy Omaha shopping mall Wednesday, killing eight people before taking his own life, police said. Five others were wounded, two critically.
The killer has been identified as Robert A. Hawkins, age 19 or 20, who left a suicide note stating, "I'm going out in style" and "I'm going to be famous."
Read the whole story hereSadly, the rare events of hearing about Omaha Nebraska on the national news are often prompted by tragedies. Yesterday was a continuation of past shooting sprees at malls and schools this year, of which I would think would cause the question "why" to enter the minds of our congressman. What is the root cause of young Robert Hawkins depression and suicide? Maybe, just possibly, it has something to do with the demoralization and downgrading of our culture, and the diminishing influence of the Church in the lives of families.
The tragedy is that 13 people were shot while others, unarmed and helpless (as were the security guards) by the protection and goodwill of the government, hid watching. What do you think is the solution; that we take guns away from citizens and pretend that threats are enough to stop bad men from attaining them (and they will)?
God forgive our Church and for abandoning those in need and leaving them to the state. We are hurting more people than those we turn away.
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6 comments:
its really unclear what point you're trying to make here?
are you blaming the security guards and innocent people standing by without weapons?
I'm so glad you all weren't around when it happened. It's so sad the things that happen these days...
Anonymous: My understanding was that the mall was a gun free zone and therefore no one present had a gun to stop him. Because of that, bystanders were left pretty much helpless.
Good points...criminals will always have illegal weapons. I enjoyed peeking around at your blog...
Anonymous,
Obviously it was not the fault of the people witnessing the tragedy, nor the "security" guards, but the government that did not have the wisdom to entrust it's "free" citizens with the right to bear arms. Though the government is not the solution to every problem in America, in this case the tragedy continued because of our government.
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