This
article shows the results of the recent shooting near University of California,
Santa Barbara that took place on May 23. Elliot Rodger stabbed three people and
shot three more before he shot himself and crashed his black BMW. Among his
victims were his roommates and other students from the university. He had said
before that he was against popular men and beautiful women because he somehow
felt that they were responsible for his loneliness. After the killings, his
parents said their hearts go out to the families of the victims and that the focus
should be on them in this time.
Stories
about killing are much too prevalent in today’s society, and I would love to
come to a point where they are a rarity. I wish there could have been a way to
help Elliot Rodger before this happened. All of the students he killed had
bright futures ahead of them and could have gone on to achieve great things. My
thoughts will be with the families of the victims in this trying time. The
father of one of the victims is calling for further gun control after this act
of violence. I hope the near future will be safer than the present.
This is so terrible! I remember when I first read about the unibomber, nobody expected him to turn out like he did: he went to Harvard and had successful parents. I guess your background plays a less significant role than people expect.
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