TRAGEDY

It saddens me so to hear of the senseless shootings at Virginia Tech. My son called me at work to see if I had heard about it. Then when I got home we watched it together. I have another son in grad school in Birmingham, and I tried to imagine if I were to get the call those parents got. They need our prayers. I feel for the family of the shooter. How reviled they will feel. I pray that they have a support group to help them as well. Then last night I heard the inevitable “blame police” start up about how so-and-so should have done such-and -such. My personal feeling is that unless you are walking through that tragedy, you have no right to comment. I am sure the president of VT has second guessed himself enough…but that was a situation he had never experienced before…and I feel sure he did his best. There is only one bad guy in this situation…the shooter. Sure, lessons can be learned on how to deal with this type of episode in the future….but pointing fingers now is uncalled for. May God give them all peace and understanding.