Comments on: Student Held In Fatal School Shooting

Teenager Shot To Death In Tacoma, Wash. High School Hallway

First, school prayer will not solve the problems children face today.

I do believe that parenting is not the fault, but a component. Think about this: children today are looking for direction--like in any other era--and we should be giving them that direction at as young of an age as possible.

Children also need mental stability. If they're constantly being told they will go to hell for being evil--sinning--then they are less likely to care about their decisions.

I'm not denying religion here. I am just saying children should be more informed and allowed to 'know and understand' the many things most parents try to shield them from. Shielding isn't protection. Shielding creates a lamb that society will slaughter.

I am very sorry to hear about this childs death. Blaming won't bring this child back, but there's certainly no harm in analyzing and trying to learn from it.

[bijasanti]

Trying to pin down the reason for these things happening to one thing is as insane as the acts themselves. It falls on all our shoulders. A society that let's our own fears push us to say ok to everything and then panic when negative things happen next door. A simple solution would be to stop being so concerned with what others are doing and maintain our own backyards. Is it MTV, PS2, the law or lack of it, a parents rights or negligence, a self centered society... It's all of it... WE MUST STAND UP AND SAY ENOUGH... We have to take individual action when we see wrong, speak out and do something to better our own neighborhoods.

[usawatchman]

Posted by armymedic5 at 01:05 PM : Jan 03, 2007


Amen..!

[erinard]

"Stricter gun laws" will NOT stop gun violence. An objective judicial system that holds people accountable for their actions, regardless of age or so-called "mental state" is the only answer.

"30 years ago" plenty of students took guns to school, and hunted rabbits or squirrels with them on the way home. School shootings are a postmodern phenomenon, coincident with the postmodern philosophy of relativism.

Return objective justice to our courts and objective (secular) education to our schools and watch things improve overnight.

[armymedic5]

the person that commented that stricter gun laws would have prevented this is your typical ignorant liberal who knows nothing about everything. These kids that do harm to their fellow students have been failed by society and their parents. I could write a book on that but if guns werent available then they would use knives, if no knives they would use something else. Its a behavorial problem with deep mental and emotional roots that stem mostly from lack of proper parenting and society not taking responsibility in its role to provide proper mentoring for these kids. Im in the army we never have access to our weapons ulness we are training with them, but a couple weeks ago one soldier stabbed another on my base because he got drunk and coudlnt control himself over a dispute. Its not the knife or the alcohol's fault that the incident happened. The individual is responsible but nobody takes responsibility anywhere and they prefer the easy way out to blame it on teh devices used.

[vudublu]

It really arises from the de-sensitivity of our culture.... computer games, music , tv, latch key kids trying to find something to grasp..... Remember when we made it a point to know what our children were doing.. instead of "out of my hair" attitude?? I think it is time we get back to basics.

[saphireblue1-2009]

Why is it that not matter what happens when children are involved it get pushed onto the parents? I'm guessing that the person who made that statement is not a parent. and if you are then lets say that your child did the same thing it woulb be your faul right????

[caliking13]

This all goes back to bad parenting. Do we really know who are children are? Do we know what they are capable of? Maybe spanking(s) aren't a bad thing.

[saransk]

While prayer in school would not have prevented this, stricter gun laws would have. The easy access to guns, combined with an acceptance of their use to "right wrongs" by many has caused these acts. 30 years ago no one would have thought to bring a gun to school, much less use it against a classmate - now high school age children routinely use them on each other. We need to stop our children killing each other - why must we have such easy access to deadly weapons.

[susieq_13]

How awful. Another shooting in our schools. Back when I was in school, we had prayer and said the Pledge. We never even dreamed students would be shot in their own schools. I think prayer did help in the old days and of course in my opinion; prayer does still help. May God be with those in their time of tradgedy.

[carlanieves]

Forced prayer in school or anywhere else in a young persons life cannot change them from getting into situations they should not be in. In my church there was a young girl who went to church 2 times a week for 15 years and killed her mother because she would not let her go to a school party. Another young man that went to church from 3-16 years od age has 4 babies by three different young woman. So no, I don't believe making a young person pray will change all their decisions. It is the person themselves that made this decision to do this, who knows they might pray everyday? You can't state what if this, or what if that... We just don't know..

[noid4me2006]

I believe that prayer was allowed in school back when the Bath School Massacre occured - 45 died and another 58 were injured.

[noid4me2006]

Do you really think forced prayer in school would have prevented this tragedy?

[noid4me2006]

I agree, we should not put the blame on the parents. We know nothing at this point about the shooter, let alone his parents.

[sharonac1960]

My heart goes out to the family & friends of this deceased student, I pray that God comfort each of their hearts, as only He can!
My concern and heart's thoughts, Our nation doesn't want prayer in school, neither will they allow the 10 commandments to be posted in our school's or government business's & offices, And the officials wonder why America is in the condition it is in, The Holy Bible states that a Nation that forsakes God shall perish.
Unless America repents it is sad to say We will all perish, Sin will cause a country to be destroyed from within.
2nd Chronicles 7:14 If my people who are called by my name shall humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways then will I hear from Heaven and forgive their sin & heal their land.
I pray for mercy for all of our children and grandchildren, May America repent and turn away from all evil. That our children and their children may have a better place to live.

[carlanieves]

You can not always blame the parents! I have three children, 20, 18 & 15, and I hope and pray to God that I have instilled in them to know right from wrong. When young people get out into the world they meet up with obstacles in their life that can change them with the blink of an eye. Let's not blame the parents until you really know the whole story. What if it was an adult, then who would we blame? Society makes some of these young people what they are, and we all live in society.....

[hlombardi]

Our prayers are with the victims family and friends and also for the shooters family and friends.


How can you blame the parents of the shooter this kid could have come from a good home or a poor home sometimes no one can control what their children are going to do. When there is a will to do something there is a way for them to get their hands on a gun no matter what!

[noid4me2006]

May God be with the victim's family and friends.

[ladyephesus1]

I wonder where the parents are for the shooter??
Whats he or she doing with a gun?? geez parents, get away from the TV for a second and find out whats going on with your kids!!!!!

Mom is probably watching Oprah!!