Virginia Tech: How Could This Have Happened?
April 23, 2007
There are a lot of people asking this question, and a lot of people offering answers: sociologists, psychologists, preachers, pundits….
So here’s one simple answer: guns.
No, I’m not about to sound off about gun control. And no, I’m not saying that the individual wasn’t to blame, or that his parents aren’t to blame, or that society isn’t to blame, or that God isn’t to blame. All of those are valid sites for analysis and reflection.
Here I want to say something a little different, at least for a theologian, and I need to say so in two parts.
