I finally read an article about the shooting in Tucson, where they stated that they didnt think that Jared Loughner was politically motivated. Personally, I didnt think he ever was, but who am I? The reporting of the whole event has been far from correct from the git go, I mean, I had a pop up on my phone state that Giffords was fatally shot. Then, half an hour later the story changed to she was in critical condition, so why the entire nation jumped to conclusions and started blaming completely uninvolved parties absolutely blows my mind. First of all, Loughner was 22 years old. What has the political system done to him in 22 years of life, (only 4 years of being an adult) to make him want to gun down any political figure? Second, the authorities just did some investigating, and discovered his actions the day/night prior to the incident. After reading everything he did in the hours prior,(http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/15/jared-loughners-chaotic-i_n_809525.html) and the note that he left on his social networking page, it would occur to me (just a normal, unpolitical, human being) that he was suicidal, but didnt have the testicular fortitude to do it himself, and decided that death by cop/security, would be the easiest route to take for him. Im not promoting what he did, but I would think that there would be some level of security at an event like that, so I understand that he thought that would be good way to get shot. However, there wasnt any security there and his plan backfired considerably. I dont feel that any of this was really ever thought about, everyone just started jumping to conclusions, and the news was the definitely the first people to jump on the political bandwagon. Not that its surprising. The entire country has been in an uproar over the most ridiculous things for the past week, for what?? Funny how no one thinks there needs to be stricter gun laws until something happens. And who's to say that had he not had a gun, that he wouldnt have chose some other sort of way to accomplish his same mission. And, then of course were going to start blaming people, ie Sarah Palin, Glenn Beck, that had nothing to do with the situation, and then were going to act appalled when they stand up and defend themselves. Seriously America, is this what we've become? Heres a thought, if we really feel the need to blame someone other than Loughner himself, how about we go with his parents? He was living at home, and obviously very unstable, even friends that didnt associate with him anymore could state those facts, yet his parents didnt try to get him some help, or try to figure out what was going on with him... (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/41014125/ns/us_news-crime_and_courts/) I think that should blame be passed, it should be passed onto them. I am a parent, I know when my kids arent feeling good, or are having a bad day, so you cant tell me that you dont notice serious depression and psychotic behavior in your child. That being said, I dont think the blame should fall anywhere other than on Mr Jared Loughner himself. Mentally unstable or not, he still killed six people and wounded 13. I dont think theres any doubt in anyones mind that he did need help before this ever happened, and now the debate will turn to whether or not he should receieve the death penalty. So, let me share my thoughts on that too. I dont think it should in any way depend on who the victim is whether you should receive the death penalty. (Even with the whole law enforcement thing) So, that being said, I also do not think that being "crazy" should be a justifiable defense to killing someone. I think that the death penalty should definitely be one of the options, and leave it up to the jury on whether or not he gets it. More than likely he will plead insanity and will sit in a psych ward for the rest of forever. At least with him pleading insanity, we know it wont be a lie or excuse...he is actually insane!
