Tonight on PBS they are beginning a very interesting series on guns in our society. It looks fascinating to anyone who is interested in the current gun debate.
Personally, I never again want to hear someone I love or any child for that matter saying that they are grateful that there hasn't been a mass murder at their school, YET.
It makes a black void in my soul to think of it. We owe our children and humanity something better than the threat of murderous brutal violent death while going about their daily life Wherever they may be. Obviously, such a menagerie of controversial topics of gun property rights, constitutional rights, and most importantly
Human Rights, it can only be expected to drive up sometimes irrational fears and extreme rhetoric because people actually care and believe in them. Mind snack after the break.
This 20/20 piece on how a scenario works out in an experiment involving actual guns in a classroom setting with normal Americans, like someone you know or perhaps yourself, is thought provoking and incredibly informational.
I can say this, having survived at least three intensely life threatening circumstances (massive car accident, house fire, and near fatal pneumonia), I can say that during extreme crisis and being under duress, the shock to your whole system is paralyzing to say the least. Psychologically, it's like passing through time in a vacuum that you have no control over, and have to remember how reality works before you can rationalize.
That's why professionals have
crisis training. Chances are probably pretty good that the cozy cop in the squad car yip-yapping with a fellow officer while "speed-trapping", is
NOT necessarily the same officer
armored in swat gear, coordinating and assaulting a hostile crime scene, ready to kill and trained vigorously to manage stress under duress.