09/29 Update: The gunman left a suicide note. You can monitor the progress of the investigation and related stories with the Rocky Mountain News.
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Original post from 09/28:
I am just so torn up over this tragedy which occurred in Bailey, Colorado yesterday. My son’s betrothed was from Bailey. It is a beautiful little town, small and close- knit; just an ideal place to raise a family. My theory is that the gunman picked on the school in Bailey because schools in larger cities have metal detectors, police on duty, and ID checks, but these little rural schools don’t have those kinds of things. Plus the police forces in small towns are small. I think he figured he could get in with a minimum of trouble and go out in some sick twisted blaze of glory.
At the press conference the Park County sheriff’s department just held, they confirmed the gunman did not have a bomb in his backpack as he had said, but [s-x] toys, and that he traumatized and assaulted the female students he was holding hostage; but that he did not have a criminal record as a [s-x] offender. I am sorry, but our society is creating these criminals which flourish among us.
First we make sure that we erase all mention of God from every aspect of our culture, so that atheists and “freethinkers” are not made to feel uncomfortable being reminded that a holy and just God exists who has imposed a moral standard on human behavior. Then we basically nullify all public obscenity, profanity, and pornography laws because of a grossly mistaken interpretation of the first amendment, which has risen in sanctity — in their minds — far above any of the Ten Commandments.
Then we allow [s-x]ual perversions to flourish on TV, in movies, on the Internet, and through things like “pride” parades, so that perverts make sure that everything they do in private is forced into the public square, after which they demand that the rest of us not be horrified by their behavior, but instead proclaim it moral and good. Then we allow [s-x]ual predators to live among us, right in our family neighborhoods and communities. We are so tolerant of every evil, that we are sacrificing our children on the altar of political correctness, just as surely as the ancient Canaanites sacrificed their children on the altar of Molech.
When will we wake up?
I don’t have any words to say about this horrible event. Yesterday was one of those days I was so thankful for homeschooling. But I do want to tell you how much I appreciate your blog. It makes me think and dig, and that is a good thing.
Christy
If homeschooling were not legal in this country, we would still homeschool for the sake of our children. Thank God for the homeschooling pioneers who braved jail and court cases to prove that parents do not need the state’s permission to raise their own children as they are called by God. And thank you for your kind comments about the blog. 🙂