Silence Begets Violence?

This tragic event really struck home with a lot of people, mainly because the victims were young children. There seems to be a boundary that one doesn't cross when it comes to violence and crimes. As a society, any tragedy involving children seems to strike closest to our hearts. People can relate to the people grieving in Newtown, because they lead similar lives. Although it's kind of sad that it is this way, it's harder for people to feel the true pain of those suffer in foreign countries because they can't relate their lives to people living in Afghanistan or Israel. However, this tragedy could've happened to any school. Many people feel the need to protect those they love and speak out about this horrific event. I think that we as a society should ban together and take a serious look at our statutes that allowed something like this to happen. That is not to say that we need to take away people's right to bear arms; however, there should be some sort of policy in place   to prevent a person suffering from mental illness from possessing weapons. Our world needs more than just our prayers. We need to support those families that have lost people very dear to them but also take responsibility for the part that we have played in this tragedy. We have allowed a dark, cruel, violent world to exist and the most innocent among us have been made the victims. As not only Catholics, as human beings, we need to work toward building a safer, kinder community. We need to have those difficult conversations, facing the fact that we have made mistakes as a nation. It's not going to be easy, but nothing worthwhile ever is. As a nation, we need to act. now.