Since the Newtown shootings, the right has blamed a lack of God in the classroom (see our recent post on Mike “I used to be the smart conservative” Huckabee) while nearly everyone else has been blaming American gun culture.
I think both sides are victims of a kind of mass hysteria. Remember when juvenile delinquency was caused by rock & roll? Then by comic books? Then by video games? I think in frightening times, we latch onto simple explanations that confirm our preconceived world view.
But Liza Long, mother of a child given to violent outbursts, has written movingly about how hard it is for the families of such kids — mostly boys — to get the help they need.
‘I Am Adam Lanza’s Mother’: A Mom’s Perspective On The Mental Illness Conversation In America.
“There are more guns per capita in Canada and yet they have relatively no homicides compared to the U.S.”
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/17/sandy-hook-blame-game_n_2318334.html?utm_hp_ref=crime