Another School Shouting

Here in the northwest there was another school shooting this time in Oregon at a community college that was not far from Oregon State University in Corvallis, Oregon.

It really reminds me of the other school shootings around the country in the last decade or so. This is especially true with the school shooting only about an hour or so north in Marysville, Washington over a year ago.

I am not sure how the guns laws are in other countries are like compared to the United States. I am sure many of the countries have much stiffer penalties for the use of guns. The gun laws here are setup state by state so Washington and Oregon can or may have different laws from other states. I understand Oregon’s law is pretty much the same as Washington’s. Last year in Washington we had a vote to make it harder to purchase guns by having stricter rules on checking the personal id’s of those who buy guns; other words how laws abiding the purchasers are.

 There is a strong group of people who are for everyone to have the ability have guns, and each time a situation like this happens they come out saying guns don’t kill people it is people who kill people which is a true statement. Like this young man who killed nine people at the college before being killed himself was known as being mentally disturbed. Actually that is the major problem that most shooters are known for being mentally disturbed. I don’t have a real opinion one way or another about having guns or the gun laws; however, I do feel laws the mentally ill have to be stronger. I understand the parents of the shooter knew he was mentally disturbed at the very least but nothing was done about it or if there was not to the extent should have been taken care of.

I see this is the main issue that we need to be aware of the mentally ill and have a lot more safeguards to give them help. The laws about guns I see unless they are totally taken away and not available to be purchased or seen those who are mentally disturbed will find a way to get a gun no matter if they have had one or not. Just this week the father of the shooter in Marysville was sentenced for illegal purchase of guns and it is how his son got hold of the gun to shoot his classmates.

The shooter in Oregon was an adult so he would be responsibility for his actions; however, in the case where the shooter is not an adult the parents should be found accountable for the actions of their child. If this were the case than the chances of school shooting would or should decrease.

I would love to hear opinions of those who read this blog especially those living in other countries, and how your gun laws work. Also, how effective are the laws. Thanks