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Mental health, violent kids to blame for shootings

Not again! Just weeks ago in Parkland, Fla., we had a deranged young man open fire in a school killing many innocent people and now in Santa Fe, Texas, we have a seemingly normal individual who murders 10 students and wounded many others.

Folks, we have an epidemic of deranged and confused young people thinking that killing completely innocent people is their way of getting attention. I’ve said it for years now and it’s only getting worse with the violence of our culture being exposed to violent movies, games and music that just numb their senses, making everyday violence acceptable for our youths.

Not until something like a shooting occurs in their town do people react and blame the guns. The gun is only the vessel for their violence. The mental instability and violent nature of our children is to blame, and for this we have only ourselves to blame by standing by and letting it happen.

Steve W. Kear

Kihei

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