Research indicates that by the age of three years, messages of remorse, violence and apathy have set brain patterns in youngsters. Granholm suggested that perpetrators get a short cut to fame from the notoriety created by media-publicized episodes. She recommended that names not be used, possibly reducing copy-cat events. This no way to achieve notoriety. The attorney general opposes changes to the existing gun laws which would allow guns to be more accessible to people, and she raises other questions about gun violence.
Violence is the language of the unheard.
Feelings of powerlessness initiate acts of violence, she stated, and the use of guns tips the scale of power. Granholm's final recommendation was for all of us to listen attentively to the unheard, to share love and respect with each person we contact every day. The Center for Legal Studies sponsored the seminar that also featured other national experts who presented various perspectives on gun control in America.