things i don't get

there are lots of things i don't get in this world. like why you would keep such loose tabs on your child (adult or younger) when you know he or she is mentally ill. i also don't get why we still allow the sale of guns at all. there's just really no legitimate need to have one. let people go to gun ranges and shoot at targets if they want to play. let hunters check them out for use if and only if they've passed stringent psychological tests. and don't give me the crap about needing to protect yourself from the government. let's face it, if the government wanted to wipe you out, they would. they've got all kinds of bigger, more devastating weaponry than you'll ever have even if you have a whole arsenal of guns.

another tragedy. this time in california. seriously, what's it going to take before people wise the hell up?

i do not want you to think that i blame parents of mentally ill children. i don't. i know that's a miserable fate to have a child who suffers in that way. i know it's hard to help them find good treatment, and good living situations. But for pete's sake, people, don't set your child up in an isolating, too challenging for them situation, walk away, and then hope for the best. the best is very rarely going to happen. it may just mean you need to be a full time parent forever. and if that's so, get help for yourself, yes, but don't abdicate your responsibilities. if you have a child with a cognitive disorder and they have the mental age of a child, you are not allowed to just set them up and walk away these days. you remain a supportive and involved parent to the degree that you need to and you prepare for when you die they have guardians to take over. so why should you be able to do walk away and live your life like you don't have a mentally ill child? why do you feel right about that?

i just can't stand hearing about another adam lanza, another Dhzokar Tsarnaev, another dylan Klebold.

i do not know how the parents of their victims don't explode with grief. or for that matter, explode with anger at those who could have possibly (with a bit more supervision and involvement) prevented these tragedies. i just don't get it.