A Plea for Kindness and Gun Control

Today in light of the tragic shootings in Connecticut I am going off topic for my post so please forgive me.

I grew up in Wilton, Connecticut, which is one town over from Newtown.  It is a fairly idyllic part of the country that has now been scared forever by this horrific act.

I don’t know anything in particular about the young man who committed this unthinkable act, but based on the profiles of others who have committed such things there is often one common theme, they felt like someone or many people had been unkind to them in the past.

Feeling alone, unloved, bullied or demeaned has driven some people to do unspeakable things.  If a troubled person has just one or two friends they are more likely to have a person to turn to when they are feeling like the world is ganging up on them.

If everyone were just a little kinder to each other or reached out to someone who is alone every once in a while then so many people might not become so despondent that they want to get back at the world for all the wrongs done to them.

Secondly, it is time we came to grips with gun control in this country.  Our founding fathers never envisioned assault weapons and certainly never would have meant that the right to bear arms equates to having the power to slaughter dozens of innocent people in a blink of an eye.  It is time we stood up to the NRA.

Today I pray for all the families who lost loved ones, the people who survived inside that school who will live with the memory of today, the people of Newtown and the state of Connecticut.  Please be kind to one another, love one another and help the world be a safer more compassionate place.