[Craig T]

Originally Posted by speeder

A gun in the home plus alcohol plus holiday/family stress equals tragedy. Sadly predictable in this dysfunctional country of ours.

Gun…Check
Alcohol…Check
Holiday…Check
Family stress…Check Check Check (Mormon racist older Sister, Atheist liberal anthropology professor younger Sister, John Birch Society father, Jewish son-in-law, Harvard Liberal Arts black wife)

I just had all of the above at my family gathering…but nobody shot anybody. Why do people continue to blame society or a "dysfunctional country" for the actions of one idiot. Each individual is responsible for his own actions.