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Originally Posted by Figmo Bohica

I have read all the posts on this. It will not be long before the object, guns, are blamed for what happened, taking all the responsibility away from the person. It seems that none of us are no longer held responsible for what we do, it is always someone else’s fault.


Well, folks, look in the mirror, that is the person who is responsible for this and the other horrendous acts of violence that have taken place in the past few years. That’s right, you, me and the rest of us. We have taught our children that they can do no wrong. If they do, and someone else corrects them, we, the parents come to their aid and defend them, making the other person look in the wrong. Shame on us. Back in my school days and play days, if I misbehaved in school or at a neighbors house and got in trouble, I could expect, double when I got home. Now if a teacher or neighbor says anything to “your child” you sue, telling your child it’s not their fault, its that mean person for saying something to you, even if the child is at fault.

Just look around us here in The Villages. How many of you stop at all stop signs, use your turn signals, let you underage grandchild drive your golf cart? You are just enforcing the fact that rules don’t apply to you ot them, only to the other person.

Will more incidents like this happen, ya bettcha, they will until we step up to the plate and take responsibility back and make our children understand that they have to be responsible for their actions.

Look at who we vote for and send to office. They make rules for us that they don’t have to follow. We allowed this, never said a word, and now we are reaping what we have sowed.

Shame on us. It’s time to make everyone take personal responsibility for their actions again and quite blaming any object for our misguided actions.

So if you are brave enough, look in the mirror and get busy changing things.

Are you saying that everybody in the other industrial countries of the world take personal responsibility, except in the United States?

Gun Deaths - 2011: Japan 48, Great Britain 8, Switzerland 34, Canada 52, Israel 58, Sweden 21, Germany 42, UNITED STATES 10,728. source NRA