Responsibility

I seem to recall when I was a youngin, many moons ago, when the buffalo would roam the plains freely by the thousands upon thousands, that personal responsibility was big. It would seem that this is no longer the case, and I would reference the recent school shooting at Milwee Middle School. While indeed completely tragic, there are those who would like to place the blame everywhere but in the house and on the child in question.

The police did the right thing. The call, in essence "Someone is running around school with a gun" can't possibly be responded to in a slow, methodical fashion. Imagine the media field day if the gun had been real, and the cops slowly quantined the area, and let the kid run around shooting people while they determined whether or not the gun was real, what state of mind he was in, and if he'd like to share his feelings. Personally, I don't care who or how old you are. If you point a gun at me, I'm going to shoot back. I want to go home. I'm not going to sit there and determine whether or not the gun is real (or loaded) by letting you take the first shot.

What kind of household raises a child to think its ok to bring a pellet gun (a realistic looking one at that) to school? What kind raises a child to think he can run around and wave / use it like a real fire arm? What kind raises a child to make bomb threats (appearantly happened prior to this incident) and doesn't get him treatment? What kind of house raises a kid to think he can take hostages with a fake gun? Or even point said fake gun a cop?

Let's place responsibility where it should - and its not the police.