Primarily his parents, secondarily the privacy advocates.....the police never knew.....society in general....It's the shooters fault. but many many people failed this kid as well.
Agree.The fault of the shooter.And if Arizona allows you to have someone seek out a metal evaluation then it is also the fault of those people who claimed he was nuts but didn't do anything about it.
Who/What do you believe is at fault for the shooting of Giffords and others in AZ this past Saturday? Please check all that you believe have a part in the blame.
Unquestionably it is the shooters fault.
As to whether or not anyones at fault for not potentially stopping it before it happened, or for possibly having failed in some way to prevent it when its reasonable to suggest they should've, or whether someone was directly influential in leading him to doing it....all of that's going to be unknown until actual facts come out.
But whose at fault specifically for the murders and the killing...the shooter and the shooter alone.
I tend to see things in terms of a formula with many variables. Take a schizophrenic person, give him a family unable to deal with his issues, expose him to a media that glorifies violence, make the access to weapons too little regulated, provide a psychological trigger that demonizes certain individuals or groups, and voila'. None of these factors are entirely responsible, and some are more responsible than others, but the lack of any particular one might make the difference with the particular person involved.
Everybody likes to simplify things, usually by creating mutually exclusive dichotomies reduced down to the level of "show me the direct relationship" , but you know -- life is not so simple as that, especially when considering people's behavior. Heck, none of us really know why WE act the way we do, so how can we expect to gain an understanding of others if we insist on creating these rigid, and often times politically motivated templates for evaluating them that discard all possibilities other than the one we have predetermined?
Who/What do you believe is at fault for the shooting of Giffords and others in AZ this past Saturday? Please check all that you believe have a part in the blame.
The American people, most of them. 50% not participating, not voting; another mass of people not speaking out on the Internet as the DB people do...
Overly wrapped in fear and ignorance...and worse yet, not caring.
If "privacy" can be removed and ones medical records used to protect society from nut-cases...
Yes, I watch MSNBC, this "privacy" fear is a problem that needs to be dealt with..
Had the right people seen his records, then , no gun.
Gun ownership must be reserved for the sane and responsible.
Charlatans/fear mongers such as Beck and Limbaugh do not help, Maddow is becoming almost as bad.
We need more PBS and NPR.
Less NRA.
I blame the shooter but I also blame a society that tolerates such easy access to semi-automatic handguns and high capacity magazines.
I blame the shooter but I also blame a society that tolerates such easy access to semi-automatic handguns and high capacity magazines.
Agree.
Present "privacy" laws protect the individual, but not really...the privacy laws must be overhauled, completely. Privacy prevents the police from knowing what they should know...
Who is responsible for this ?
Agree.
Present "privacy" laws protect the individual, but not really...the privacy laws must be overhauled, completely. Privacy prevents the police from knowing what they should know...
Who is responsible for this ?
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