Each of us lives in fear of these school shootings. Fear of the news, fear of the deaths and suffering, fear of what it portends. Any reflection runs the risk of appearing to show insufficient respect in the face of tragic and unnecessary death. But we have to reflect, especially after the attack and shooting at Annunciation Catholic School.
Much of the reflection is typically buried in political rhetoric as one side (always the Democrats in these cases) tries to make as much political capital out of the tragedy as possible. The rhetoric always follows the same pattern. The Left says, “Look at this execrable tragedy. If we did not have guns in our society, these shootings could not happen.” To which the Right always replies, “These guns don’t shoot themselves. It’s the shooters that are the cause not the guns.”
