In the wake of the Newtown, CT, elementary school shooting that left dozens dead—most of them children—Westchester County officials are pledging to do all they can to stamp out future acts of mass violence.
"In the days and weeks ahead, the county will review its own policies and procedures to see if anything can be done to prevent these senseless acts of violence in the future," Westchester leaders said in a press release Monday.
Among those changes is a decision not to bring the the Sportsmen Firearm and Knife Show back to the County Center in White Plains come 2013.
"At this time as the country grieves the loss of life in Newtown, a contract renewal is not appropriate," officials said.
Shortly after the shooting, Westchester County pledged its Psychological Response Team to Newtown. The team helps residents cope with traumatic events.
Officials said further steps may be taken to bolster county safety, too.
"Going forward, the county plans to be fully engaged in the complex and comprehensive conversation of how all Americans can continue to live in an open society while preventing all acts of violence," the release read.
I see an understandable emotion reaction, but no connection between a legal show and legal purchases, and future lunatics.
http://hotair.com/archives/2012/12/17/chuck-todd-on-sandy-hook-if-your-kids-playing-halo-for-three-hours-a-night-make-sure-he-doesnt-have-a-problem/
The "guns" are ONLY one issue and we should also address the following: 1. The gratuitous violence in Hollywood movies, video games, TV 2. Lack of family structure in America 3. Lack of respect and NOT teaching citizenship in the classrooms anymore 4. Mental health and medication issues in society 5. More training and preparation for police, fire, EMT's ,teachers and community leaders to identify specific issues 6. Establishing a better system to report "possible threats" that linger out there 7. Bringing religion (ALL) back into our society 8. Ramping up security at key infrastructure locations like schools, stadiums, movies, shopping centers
They attract low-lifes (like gun dealers). This isn't some KKK state like Alabama. Keep these shows out of Westchester.
Unfortunately, the mentally ill are being used as scapegoats in this conversation and were missing the real challenge, which is that guns may not kill people, but they are used to kill people and that, my friends, is what they were designed to , which is unlike any other product I know of, including cars, cellphones, hammers and other devices you pro gun folks are so fond of comparing to them.
1. No one here is against the mentally ill. We are against mentally unstable people being put in a position where they can hurt others intentionally or unintentionally. They should not be flying commercial airplanes, captaining ships, controlling nuclear weapons, have firearms, etc, etc. 2. Unlike what you seem to believe neither are "gun folks" running around foaming at the mouth looking to kill everyone. I have zero guns but realize that 99.999999... percent of the time guns are not used to kill people. There are over 100 million guns in the US and if they were just designed to kill people there would be only one person left standing.
Nobody is dogging people who have mental illness,at least i have not seen it.Abby it is time to for people to wake up and understand that out mental health system just might be broken,when i see comments from psyciatrists who make statements like people who are shy have a mental illness that in itself is sick.The country needs to stop handing out mind altering drugs like they are jujubees.