It is natural to feel concerned when a 19 year old guy shoots himself with an AK 47 inside the library at UT-Austin which is only an hour or so away from Trinity University that I attend. How in the world does a 19 year old boy get hold of an AK-47? Also, what could force a relatively privileged and intelligent individual (majoring in Mathematics) to end one's life this way? One can only wonder. We all oscillate along ups and downs of life, but these vagaries of life are part of living as a human.
Every year we hear about these tragic shooting events on campus and are saddened only hoping that it would not repeat again. To our dismay, it just keeps happening again and again. Fortunately in this one, the guy was not a maniac and he did not shoot at any human, instead vented his frustration by firing at the Church building and in the air (at possibly God who supposedly resides in Heaven).
Should we reconsider gun laws in the US, especially in Texas and at educational institutions? Who says having access to more guns means more security? The converse can very well be true. Here in New Zealand, I rarely see cops in downtown Auckland city and even if I do, none of them carry any gun. Yup, cops here don't carry any ammunition with them. Yet I feel safe while walking on downtown streets and alleys alone past midnight.
My sympathies to the family who lost their beloved young son.
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