It sickens me, the idea that little kids have to wear backpacks that include Kevlar shields. And for me there is a whiff of applying personal responsibility to a six year old to be responsible for their own safety.
There is a disconnect between the slaughter of children and the adults that have a responsibility to protect them. I believe it's rooted in the resurgence of Christian evangelism. So many politicians in the US want to pass laws to hinder women's freedom under the guise of following the patriarchal hierarchy. It's like a Venn diagram where the overlapping parts of politics, faith, and the hobbling of women's freedom is related to men trying to get back to the Bible's interpretation of what a women's role in life is. In doing so, the fate of these dead children can be related to the breakdown of the familial unit. So all these young men who have masculinity issues, low self esteem, and a preoccupation with weaponry and violence can be traced back to a breakdown in traditional family roles.
Just think, if there were no latch key kids making their own breakfasts, coming home from school to an empty house but one where the mother was available 24/7 to tend to their children's needs there would be no disgruntled boys with self esteem issues, there wouldn't be boys who hid long guns and explosives under their beds before they slaughtered their school mates.
I think that's why there is an impasse, when it comes to legislation to ban or regulate these weapons. It's a perceived breakdown of traditional gender roles that lead to young men to kill with abandon.
I'm pretty irreligious as you can imagine but I find the second link to be a valuable source of information regarding the issue of gender roles from the perspective of a devout Christian woman.
Mass shootings are on the rise, and the attacks are proving increasingly deadly. What we can learn from previous mass shooters to prevent future mass shootings.
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