Focus (Forum & Focus)
Apr. 28, 2007
Answering Tragedy With Common Sense
Forum Column - By Karen Mathis – Given our nation’s embattled history over gun regulation and over the rights of the mentally ill, there are no easy legal responses to the tragedy of the Virginia Tech shooting.
By Karen J. Mathis
The pang of Virginia Tech cuts deep now. Yet we know from other incidents of blinding horror that the pain we feel today will dull. The living, except for the families of victims and the survivors, will gradually adapt and move on.
It's important, therefore, that we as a nation pause now - and fix in our minds the questions of what we can learn and w...
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