“Don’t ever take a fence down until you know the reason it was put up.” ~G. K. Chesterton
As the details of the deceased perp, Adam Lanza, emerge from the Dec. 14th shooting in Newtown, CT, and we collectively exhale … we need to approach this horror that occurred with sound minds and wisdom to move ahead.
This is clearly not the time for knee-jerk reactions. Bad laws are made without reason and based upon emotion.
What we experienced was pure evil … the result of a sin-tainted world rearing its grotesque facade. This was not the best that humanity has to offer, but the underbelly of the human soul. Could it have been stopped … a cruel thought to those suffering from unfathomable loss.
The full version of this column is now only available in Doug Giles’ book, “Sandy Hook Massacre: When Seconds Count, The Police Are Minutes Away”.
