My hope is that after hearing my thoughts, you will write your representatives to discuss yours. But most of all, I hope you will be encouraged to think of the bigger picture, and make choices that reflect an attitude of concern for the whole country, and the interests of all citizens. Open your eyes. The problem isn't that the next mass murderer may be sitting right next to you, sleeping in your house, eating at your table, giving you every signal of desperation a person can give. The problem is, you don't want to see it.
Nobody gets that far gone without anyone noticing.
We all recognize behavior that raises our concern. We all know when someone is more than just weird. We see it happening, and yet we ignore it, because if we don t, we ll have to take responsibility for doing something about it. We go to movies filled with violent portrayals of ourselves more as animals than as humans. We know it s the wrong message, but we ignore it, because if we don t, we ll have to take responsibility for doing something about it.