Violent culture shapes young minds

Another senseless school shooting. Something must be done. Guns appear to be part of the problem. Mental health appears to be another part of the problem. But if one thinks more gun regulation is going to stop all school shootings, one is sadly mistaken.

It’s time we talk about changing the culture our kids are raised in. Unless we do that, nothing is going to change.

Kids today are exposed to violence constantly. We must get help from the entertainment industry. Television, movies, video games and even the music they listen to is inundated with blood, gore and violence. TV personalities making hundreds of thousands of dollars per episode, movie actors making millions a movie and the rest of the entertainment industry rolling in money are selling this violence to our young.

It’s easy for them to blame the National Rifle Association. Shouldn’t they be just as responsible? It’s their actions that so tightly mold the thoughts and actions of the young people who idolize them.

The past two generations of children have been raised in this culture. If one wants to stop the violence, stop glamorizing it to our children.

One can regulate what one’s child watches and listens to, but what about the children who sit next to him or her in class? Are they getting the same parental guidance and scrutiny?

Jack Raidiger Powell