It never takes long for people to exploit a tragedy when they have something to gain from doing so. President Bush, who has done virtually nothing notable this year, has dropped whatever he had on his calendar for today so that he can swoop down on Virginia Tech, the site of yesterday’s student massacre. Likewise, Virginia’s governor is flying back from Japan, so he can show his face to the crowd. Of course, the MSM has already landed and capitalized on the tragedy, by interviewing anyone and everyone they can find, especially people who were shot.
These scavangers will probably all try to convince us that the incident is somehow worthy of national — nay, international — attention, when plainly it is not. It is not an arument for stricter national gun control, as the Europeans seem to believe [1]. It is not an argument for more breaches of the U.S. Constitution…er, I mean stricter “homeland security.” It is not an argument for tighter visa requirements for international students and other visitors.
No, I think the following quote from the Swedish press accurately describes the incident: “What exactly triggered the massacre in Virginia is unclear but the fundamental reason is often the perpetrator’s psychological problems in combination with access to weapons.”
Yes, psychological problems in combination with access to weapons is often the reason for a massacre. We should know: we’ve seen it before [2].
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