Ken Schram: Ignorance abound in wake of tragedy

Ken Schram: Ignorance abound in wake of tragedy

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Story Published: Apr 16, 2007 at 2:46 PM PDT

Story Updated: Mar 31, 2008 at 4:47 PM PDT

By Ken Schram

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32 people murdered.

29 others wounded.

Honestly, I can't wrap my mind around the enormity of what happened at Virginia Tech.

Others don't seem to have that problem.

I'm dumbfounded by the people who've leaped into this tragedy by ignorantly proclaiming how it could all have been avoided if only more students carried guns.

The lame-brained notion being that if the college kids were armed, one of them could have placed a round between the killer's eyes.

Equally ignorant is the clamor of those who insist that the Virginia Tech tragedy proves that every gun owned by every person in the U.S. should be confiscated and gun sales forever prohibited.

Some news organizations are eagerly fueling the frenzy by offering instant internet polls on what people think should be done.

It's as if 32 dead college students are nothing more than fodder for political points of view on gun control.

The gun nuts versus the anti gun nuts.

And I simply wonder when we lost the social capacity to simply express sadness.

I wonder why we can't put the issues on hold for even a short time and quietly mourn the dead and pray for their families.

Have something to say to Ken? E-mail him at kenschram@komo4news.com.

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