What is the world coming too ?

Virginia was in the news today but for once it was not good news.

From the AP: A gunman opened fire in a Virginia Tech dorm and then, two hours later, shot up a classroom building across campus Monday, killing 32 people in the deadliest shooting rampage in U.S. history. The gunman committed suicide, bringing the death toll to 33.
Virginia Tech is nestled in the Blue Ridge Mountains of southwestern Virginia near Blacksburg, basically in the middle of nowhere. It campus is home to more than 25,000 students - bigger than most Virginia small towns.

It is a place where as a parent you would feel pretty safe sending your child for college. It is one of the one top universities in Virginia and also a good 4 1/ 2 hours from here.

Now instead of Virginia Tech being known for a great engineering and math school or for having a winning football team it will also have a place of being the site of the most deadliest shooting in US history. Not quite the accolades Virginia is looking for.

What causes this type of violence to come out in our young ? When I went to high school and college we didn't worry about being shot. We didn't have to go through security check points at football games and have our bags checked. Why has society turned so deadly ?What the hell is going on ?
My heart goes out to parents who had to make that long drive today to check on injured children or just to go to hold them in your arms and KNOW the are safe. Or worse the parents that have to go identify their child in the morgue.

As more details come out on this story we must remember one important thing -- you never know is going to happen in life. Hold the ones you love dear and never let them forget they are the are the most important thing in your life.