Quote from Hoofhearted:
I have to agree here. My gut sank when I heard about this shooting. I thought about my son, nephews nieces cousins, etc. and all I could do was be thankful they weren't involved. I am disturbed about this in a way that I think millions are right now- but I doubt it's anywhere even remotely close to what parent's are feeling, uncle's, best friends, friends of friends...
When my brother shot himself, it put a bullet in me that I could never explain- mom and dad too. I can't talk about it without sobbing like a baby...
I've lost friends who have died horrific deaths, and it hurt like hell to try and comprehend it. But until you've been face to face with full on tragedy, you can never understand the grief of it. I think the many degrees of separation may be God's or nature's way of sparing us from being in total despair our entire lives.
My gf was still crying today about it. What I was saying about L-Kabong was if he said he lived that close some of us would have understood why he was so pissed off and given him alot more room. 15 miles away is pretty close and he has a family so they are probably upset and maybe even traumatized.
The media is bombarding people with it and details of the kids etc. Its going to have an effect. They are definitely going to react with gun control here on the west coast.
I read that the shooters mom was trying to have him committed to a mental institution and that he knew about it. She should have had those guns locked up.
Sorry about your brother. There just is no recovering from that. You were a different person the next day and the guy that existed before is gone.