Disturbed

Like much of the rest of the country, I’m trying to follow the information about the Virginia Tech shooter as it becomes available. But I’ve been so appalled at how the liberal media are handling the story that I barely trust them to get the kid’s name right. In the first article that the New York Times put out, they had very little information, so the article was comprised of interviews with students, parents, police officials, and faculty. But right in the middle of the article there were two large paragraphs about the need for gun control in this country. I thought they might simply have done a shoddy job of choosing material to pad the article, but then more gun control calls came in: additional articles, religious leaders, leftist activitist groups, all calling for more gun control. If I were tied to someone who was injured or killed on that campus, I would be outraged that so many groups were trying to use my friend’s body to get their political agenda through. I think it’s inappropriate to be arguing over gun control when the investigation is still underway, when it’s clear the real center of the tragedy is the mental health of this kid, and when no one has even been allowed a moment to grieve. Using the incident for political footing? Okay, that’s sick.