[WYOSVX]

What do we teach our children in the US? Drugs are dangerous: let's have a war on drugs. Terrorists might come to our country: let's all pack guns and send troops and bomb them wherever they might be. Flying is dangerous: let's put people up there with guns. Our neighborhoods aren't safe: let's put up gates or get more security. Let's incarcarcate a ridiculous proportion of our population. Our response to anythiing uncomfortable is force. Kids are watching, learning. I have NO clue if that is the problem. I have guns and wouldn't give them up. But I just wonder if our way of solving problems- with force- is the real problem. I live in a small town in Wyoming, a place you'd think is safe to raise your kids. Two months ago, a nut came into town, abducted a 12 year old girl, assaulted her. She was let go, miraculously. The guy was a loner, into child porn, used force to get his way. Obviously didn't question right/wrong, just made the jump to using force. No one seems to know what would have changed any of this: Connecticut, Colorado, anywhere there is senseless violence. But I think, somehow, it is learned.