There has been a bit of comparison between the school killings in Connecticut and Henan. I confess I haven't been paying too much attention. In any case, guns were used in Connecticut, and a knife was used in Henan.
If you've ever read Lt. Col. Grossman's On Killing, you'll know killing another human isn't something that comes easily; there are a lot of psychological barriers. Still, guns, because of the mechanical distance they place between killer and victim, making killing easier.
These two incidents seem to prove that case. No one died in the knife attacks. 26 or 28 people died in the shooting. I'm not for restricting gun rights, but widespread gun ownership and a failure to inculcate the proper virtues in youngsters is a disastrous combination. Violent video games don't help either.
Killing isn't normal yet school shootings and gun violence is becoming more and more common. Why is that? Something has changed; we can't pretend it hasn't.
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