Personal Tragedy

There are hundreds if not thousands of personal tragedies every day.  Here are a few.  Mother backs out of the garage and runs of her toddler.  Father leaves a year old baby in the tub for a minute to answer the phone.  When he gets back the baby has drowned.  Neighbor driving down a street, a young child learning how to ride a bike rides out of the driveway in front of car.  The drive cannot stop in time, the child dies on the way to the hospital.  A bus stops; two children exit the bus. One child crosses the street in front of the bus.  A passing car ignoring the warning siganals from the bus and hits the child.  A choking child is rushed to the hospital, but not in time to save his/her life.   A predator takes a young girl, molest and kills her.

One could search the newspapers and find numerous real examples.  The list could go on and on.
The Sand Hook school killing is a tragedy beyond almost beyond imagination   The enormity of it has reached many more people than all of the single events.

The authorities are searching for causes.  The next phase will prevention.  I believe that there is no prevention unless our freedoms are severely limited, and punishment for a fenders sever and quick.