It's been a couple of days since this tragic event. I have tried very hard not to follow it in the medium, except for very brief update on the condition of the congresswoman Gifford. Why? Simply for this reason....everyone has some opinion about this event. Why it happened, the causes that lead up to the gunman's shooting all those people. The minute details of the investigation and this report and that report for every news station both local as well as all the major national stations including CNN and Fox.
As usual in events like this each station MUST report from every "angle" that exists...for better reporting ??? I think not. For "entertainment" YES!....Now I'm not talking "entertainment" as we usually consider entertainment", but rather "entertainment in keeping the average viewer "glued" to the TV for the next "important fact or report".
On Saturday morning there was a shooting in Tuscon AZ at a meeting of Congresswoman Gifford for her constituents. There were multiple persons shot and 6 were killed as well multiple victims shot totaling 18 victims. There was one shooter who was apprehended by several bystanders and subdued at the scene.
What these facts tell me is that more than likely he acted alone. Was someone who had some planned "purpose" to go there and shoot as many people as he could and more than likely "targeted" the Gifford and shot whoever else he could in the process. For whatever reason he planned this really isn't all that meaningful to me simply because whatever "reason" it was in his mind was of no "value" to me. Any action where someone plans in advance to go and shoot as many people as he can does not even remotely carry any justification aside from the shooter himself...and obviously his opinion doesn't count as far as I am concerned.
Why do I need to know what every person thinks on this event? I don't. What I need to know and probably can deduce from my intelligence is this.
***The shooter hand an "agenda" that focused on Congresswoman Gifford first and others secondly. This was well planned and meditated on for some time. The "why" is somewhat inconsequential in that it would hold no validity to any human being aside from the shooter himself to validate this heinous act against humanity.
***The shooter used a semi-automatic handgun. Had to to get that many shots off a quickly as he could. He wouldn't have been able to do so with a 5 shot or 6 shot revolver.
***The shooter was a very good shot. He knew how to handle that weapon and was very experienced with it. He would have to be because a person must possess a certain 'skill" with a firearm to be able to quickly shoot that many people and a) hit them and b) do so under an extreme "adrenal rush" which he would be under prior to firing his weapon and after the first person was shot. In addition, he was able to shot a total of 18 people within a few seconds before being subdued. He would have had to reload at least once with his Glock since a Glock only holds at most 15 rounds in a magazine.
***The shooter had to shoot at moving targets as well since after the first shot or several shots people would be ducking for cover and fleeing from him. It also re-enforces the fact that he was a good shot because god I know how difficult it is to shoot at a moving target under stress. ( I need to be corrected here...since I wrote this I learned he had a 30 round clip...so I stand corrected)
Now maybe I am able to gather these aspects of what happened based on my years of experience in police work. Having been on many shooting scenes, I understand how these things take place and the little known facts that make up a crime scene. But with all the cop shows and previous stories of mass shootings one would imagine that we as a culture would have been well learned in mass shooting events by now.
The simple point to all of this tragedy is this. We have over and over and over again experienced events similar to this past Saturday yet it still happens. We as a collective society express dismay at "how something like this could happen" only to see it happen again and again. Every high ranking politician appears on camera to express their views and pledge to do everything within their power to prevent from ever happening again. The truth of the matter is nothing can be done to prevent these types of events from occurring. No amount of legislation can be created and voted on...no banning of weapons from the public possession, new laws or any other actions can be created that will prevent this from happening. It is a simple fact here that regardless of what laws exist, or how much protection is given to anyone be it a President, or Congress person or celebrity anyone who is determined can and more likely be able to be the next mass killer if they so desire. It's been that way since the first recorded homicide when Cain killed Abel. We as a human species have this ability that other creatures below us do not possess and that is the ability to kill for now valid reason.
So I don't need to sit before a TV and let this reporter or this newscaster go from person to person and hear every little detail that each one can bring to the screen simply to be informed. I am not one that needs to know every minute detail of the event from this past Saturday. For I already know that as unfortunate as it is "again" as it was the last time an event like this took place the same basic facts will be the cause of an event like this taking place and that is the tragedy here...the fact that we as the most intelligent of all species on this planet haven't been able to evolve to the point that we can respect each other as human beings and stop all of this senseless killing of another person or persons for no valid reason. I am sure that God is sitting somewhere thinking to Himself "and this is what I created when I made man"? At least this is what I think "From Where I Sit"....
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