The state of Georgia is doing something in the wake of a school shooting that is rare and can provide guidance for other states and municipalities. It is putting aside rhetoric and absolutist positions on gun possession to develop realistic bipartisan legislation that concentrates on preventative measures to advance safety.
Read MoreIf it is true that the sins of the parents are visited on successive generations, is the reverse also the case? Our society cherishes the notion of individual accountability and so it is rare that we hold persons liable for acts committed by relatives or acquaintances. Justice William O. Douglas asserted in a 1945 Supreme Court decision: “The doctrine of personal guilt is one of the most fundamental principles of our jurisprudence. It partakes of the very essence of the concept of freedom and due process of law.”[1]
Read More“A record of active shooters occurrences (defined as situation where an individual is actively attempting to kill in a populated space) via an FBI data base and media reports from 2000 through 2017 shows 248 occurrences in America with 76 involving a rifle. … In those incidents a semiautomatic rifle was involved in slightly less than one quarter (24.6%) with just barely over three quarters (75.4%) involving handguns, shotguns, and non-semiautomatic rifles. When perpetrators utilized multiple types of firearms, they used semiautomatics in 60.7 percent of the cases. … Semiautomatics are relatively easy to use, have large magazines thereby allowing for more shots, and carry high velocity bullets that inflict greater harm. … The greater rate of usage when multiple rifles were employed suggests that when lethality factored into the killers’ decision-making then murderous efficiency was a primary consideration.” - How Rampage Killers Emerge by S. Lee Funk, Ed.D., to be released by Palgrave Macmillan © 2022
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