by Steven D
Sat Apr 4th, 2009 at 01:38:32 PM ESTIt doesn’t matter to me why a “crazed” or “evil” (take your pick) individual walked into an immigration services center in Binghamton, New York and shot and killed 14 peopleseemingly at random. Just like it doesn’t matter to me why the kids at Columbine wanted to kill their whole school, or the Virginia Tech shooter wanted to to shoot as many of his fellow students and faculty members as he could before dying, or why the man in Alabama who killed 11 people thought it was a good idea to go on a revenge rampage. Or why anyone decides to take a gun and shoot a spouse, girlfriend or themselves. Discerning the motivations or reasons why people kill each other with firearms is, in the end, a fruitless endeavor. For this is the society we’ve chosen.We’ve chosen to live in a society where firearms, both the legal and illegal varieties, are ubiquitous. We’ve chosen to allow a single issue special interest group to promote laws(and heavily fund the campaigns of politicians who support their agenda) that make it easier than ever for anyone to buy, carry and use firearms of all kinds, from small caliber concealable pistols to large caliber machine guns.