But
I will say this about Thomas. Thomas is a student in elementary school, and I
can imagine, just a little, how crazed with grief I would be today were Thomas
a student at Sandy Hook. As it is, I am heartbroken for these parents and the
community at large, and I am angry at the wickedness of this heinous act.
Right
now there are more questions than answers, but the shooter has been identified
as twenty-year-old Adam Lanza. Lanza committed suicide during the rampage and also is reported to have
murdered his mother in her home sometime before the school shooting.
Megyn
Kelly, a Fox News reporter, said that understanding this tragedy is “impossible,”
and I agree. We will try, because that’s a natural human instinct, but we’ll
never understand how anyone could walk into an elementary school and proceed to
slaughter innocent children, many as young as six years old. As of this
writing, twenty children and six adults are reported dead.
In
the next few days, we’re going to be hearing about the state of the shooter’s
mental health, his family relationships, and his video game habits. We’re going
to hear about a need for more meaningful gun control laws and more effective
psychiatric intervention methods. We’ll hear about school security. We’re going
to hear all kinds of opinions about everything that is believed to be wrong
with our society—a lack of regard for human life, a general lack of civility, a
lack of skill in resolving conflict, and a lack of respect for God. We’re going
to hear a lot, because we’re all in shock, and we need to make some sense of
this horrible crime.
My
thoughts and prayers go out to the families of Sandy Hook Elementary School,
and to the family of Adam Lanza. I have a twenty-year-old son, too. I am crying
with all of you, and I hope to God that something positive can be redeemed from
this tragedy. Right now, it’s darkness, and it’s devastating.
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