So, here we have a young man who became capable of engaging with another human being, in the form of asking the question “what is your religion?”...and then upon getting a particular answer, taking his life.
What contribution did the possession of a gun contribute to the murderer’s mental condition? I’d say if all guns were indeed out of the equation, that this is a man who would simply figure out another way to kill.
Until there is an event like this at a gun show, a gun range, or an NRA meeting, I’m going to conclude that guns only play a role as a deterrent. The cause has nothing to do with the implement that is used. A bomb, a chemical weapon, or a machete would become just as lethal, if not more so, in the absence of a gun.
If we must blame, and yes, blame plays a role here, then we must look at how the perpetrator’s brain came to acquire the visceral hatred of
Christians. How was this enabled? Who played a role in devaluing life in general, and that of Christians specifically?
I’ll bet people on this forum could name a few, and that might be a more worthwhile conversation than the one about the implements used in these crimes.
You’re on to something,
Politics?
Religion?
Sexual Orientation?
Racial Biases?
Cain and Abel, to restrict rocks is silly.