Newtown: Gun Control, Sin Control or Mental health?
English: Al Mohler, President of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) Like many parents across America , I spent the weekend shielding my children from news about the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary, even as I pored over reports that might offer some way to make sense of the horror. I saw comment after comment and post after post that tried to hone in on one aspect of this tragedy and from it craft a solution. There were the posts about increased gun control, that perhaps this mass murder can galvanize our politicians into another conversation about protecting the Second Amendment while also protecting our children from the senseless use of lethal weapons. Other writers and commenters looked to shooter Adam Lanza’s psyche to offer a reason for his crimes. In “ I Am Adam Lanza’s Mother ,” Liza Long, the mother of a child with an undiagnosed mental illness , writes about the threat her son poses to his family and his community. Her post has gone vira...