Glenn Knoblock: What is wrong with us?

When this tragic incident is analyzed by cooler calmer heads, it will likely show 3 things:

1) Predicting the person, time, or place of these tragedies is nearly impossible.

2) We cannot depend on our law enforcement agencies to be there fast enough or to engage the Active Shooter immediately.

And this is really tough for the anti-gun crowd;

3) If there had been a fully trained armed guard(s) present, it would have stopped, or severely reduced the casualties.

The knee-jerk, emotional response to create more restrictive gun laws accomplishes nothing at all. This gets borne out statistically and factually time and time again. All it accomplishes is to further obstruct law-abiding citizens' Constitutional Rights.

If these laws worked Chicago, New York, Baltimore, etc., should be the safest cities on the planet. They have the most restrictive gun laws in the Country. However, they have the highest crime rates. And, as we have seen this week alone, we cannot rely on law enforcement to arrive on time or engage with the threat. So, where would more restrictive gun laws leave us, besides ever more helpless?

And, just to be clear, the 2nd Amendment has never been about “Hunters Rights” so let's stop talking about deer wearing kevlar.

So, to answer the question, "What is wrong with us?", it's time to deal with some hard truths about the current landscape of the moral/ethical decay of our society, the negative impact of social media/technology on the emotional development of our youth, the forced isolation and alienation brought on by the Pandemic measures, and real negative impact(s) of more liberal marijuana use and alcohol. And yes, even the current level of political discourse that is constantly streaming across all media outlets 24/7.

We have some very real mental/emotional health issues that must be seriously confronted. This is not the time for Politicians to be trying to score political points prior to an election.