Absolving the Criminal

When socioeconomic factors are blamed for criminal offenses, the point is sorely missed. Poverty does not cause crime, but areas blighted by frequent felonies are soon bound to become impoverished as respectable residents flee and businesses close in droves. Perpetrators of mass murder like the Batman madman and the Sikh sicko are not held to account for their own actions when the firearm is blamed. A gun is an inanimate object that without a human there to load and aim it is no more threatening than a frying pan. It is time to assign the guilt to the guilty and stop blaming everyone and everything else. Society did not fail those who offend. It is the offender who has failed society. Bleeding hearts are too timid to demand the appropriate pound of flesh and instead want to coddle evil people while stealing the ability of innocent people to protect themselves and their families by stripping the right to keep and bear arms.