Connecticut Tragedy

    As most have probably heard, 20 children, along with 7 adults, were killed in Newton, Connecticut on Friday. Obama commented on the tragedy saying that we have to "take meaningful action to prevent more tragedies like this." What went through my mind while hearing this was, what kinds of meaningful actions and when?? This year alone there have been mass shootings in Oregon, Minneapolis, Tulsa, Wisconsin, Colorado, Seattle, and California, yet it seems that the government has made no progress taking a firm stand on gun control. As this article states, "It is more difficult to adopt a pet than it is to buy a gun." Judging by that statement alone, something needs to be done, and it needs to be done immediately. The government can not take their time settling on a gun control stance, while more and more mass shootings occur.
     What also stands out to me is the way that the media treats mass shootings. Flipping through the channels for the past couple of days, I have heard more about the killer than I have about any of the victims. In fact, I hadn't heard of any of the victims' names until I saw the front of the New York Times this morning, pictured in this post. The media is giving the shooter the attention that he wanted, when they should be focusing on remembering those who were killed. It is also being said that this shooting will rank as the second deadliest shooting, as if, as Morgan Freeman stated, "statistics somehow make one shooting worse than another." The victims need to be remembered, rather than the ranking of the shooting, or details about the killer. How do you think the media should handle these horrible tragedies?