Miriam Carey
The more we learn about the automobile rampage and fatal shooting of former dental hygienist Miriam Carey in Washington last week, the more tragic overtones the whole episode takes on. And now, quite predictably, a public debate has been enjoined over whether police actually had to shoot her.
The sad fact, I’m afraid, is that they did. And it is a very sad fact indeed.
Navy Yard Shooter Aaron Alexis
Again.
And again, no answers, no solutions. A lone, disgruntled, disenfranchised or just plain mentally ill gunman who manifested erratic behavior and several indicators for potential violence, but not enough to seriously raise suspicions.
And again, the public debate of what role gun control and individual screening and publicly provided mental health care have in the larger question of mass murder, and why our country is so different from just about every other civilized nation on this score.
And again, nothing will change.
