Prayers for the Fallen, the Wounded, the Families, and others Who Care For Them

Prayers for the Fallen, the Wounded, the Families, and others Who Care For Them

I am sure all the pundits and talking heads will discuss and have mock experts dissect in retrospect everything that happened at the Batman showing in Colorado.  There are only a few, but still way too many, who want nothing more than publicity for their atrocities in killing as many people as they can.  A friend of mine I worked with at the Arizona Capitol, Gabrielle “Gabby” Giffords fell victim to another sick bastard like this.  Whether it be Columbine, the DC snipers, the local Arizona killers, or killings in other countries, I don’t know how we produce and how we can prevent such types of people from committing these random acts of mass homicide.

When I was growing up, if you didn’t get involved in crime, drugs, sleeping with other men’s women or going to bad parts of town, the chance of you getting murdered was almost zero.  Basically, if you did not put yourself in harm’s way through your own activities, you would be ok.  Nowadays, you can be killed at your workplace, a building, a theater, walking down the street, driving on the road, wherever, for no reason, other than notoriety.  Perhaps the press would be better served to never mention the killer’s name at all.  Only mention the victims.  Stop making super stars of murderers.  Maybe that would be a way to reduce the numbers.

I will not mention the bastards name who committed this crime.  I hope that if anyone knew he was falling apart and prone to violence that they feel appropriately guilty for not having warned anyone.  My focus is on those poor theater goers, who stayed up to have a good time with each other at a movie, who now lay dead, and their families.  My prayers go out to all of you.