Today Americans again mourn another episode of senseless violence. What makes it even harder to take than the Batman premier in Colorado is that this involves innocent, very young children. Columbine shook us to our very depths. Then came Jonesboro, the Amish School and Virginia Tech, to name a few. To those of a certain age who remember the UT Austin shooting in 1966, this is nothing new but it is, nevertheless, horrible and frightening. To the far left wing nuts this is a time to trot out the stricter gun control montage. It's an opportunity to blame a lifeless piece of metal for the carnage that snuffed out the lives of children. But taking away every gun in this country would not stop the violence that dwells deep in the souls of troubled and/or evil individuals who are bent on doing harm to fellow human beings. Jack the Ripper used a knife with the skill of a professional. The person who laced Tylenol capsules in 1982 did so without gunpowder or lead or assault rifles. Poisoning, strangulation and stabbing has been around since the dawn of time. Are we to ban chemicals, ropes and sharp objects in the vain hope that we will somehow remain safe from the Boogey Man who awaits to cut short our lives and the lives of our loved ones? The media covers these kind of stories, not with the hope of helping the victims, but for the shameless purpose of grabbing ratings. Let these folk grieve in PRIVATE! Report the facts and leave it alone! Nancy Grace and her ilk would be out of jobs if we refused to watch them replay over and over the words of survivors and witnesses who are thrust into the spotlight when a reporter thrusts a microphone in their face to feed America's thirst for blood and gore. We've all seen that horrible accident that slows down our commute. There might even been a sheet draped body lying next to a crumpled hunk of metal in the grassy median. We know we shouldn't look, but we are inexplicably drawn to look until we turn the corner or we nearly rear end the car in front of us. Edgar Allan Poe made a name for himself by feeding the public macabre tales of the evil that fed the folks fascination even in that era. If we didn't have that fascination, shows like C.S.I. and movies like The Texas Chainsaw Massacre wouldn't exist. Does that mean that shows and movies are responsible for what happened on 12/14/2012 in Connecticut? Of course not! But I do believe the endless, and, in Nancy Grace's case, mindless media coverage that commandeers the airwaves just might reach that one person on the brink of a mental break to see violence as a way to grab the spotlight, go down in history and be remembered. The pimple faced geek who's shunned by members of the opposite sex. The employee who plods along at work every day without getting a "well done". The overweight person who constantly hears the whispers and snickers. The loner who lives to sit like a sponge in front of the fountain of information spewing from the TV, radio and internet sees stories like this and suddenly a light bulb goes off: I'll show them! I'll show them all! This issue is not about guns. The old saying is true: guns don't kill people, people kill people. This is about mental illness, depravity and downright evil. Stop feeding the beast! And recognize the problem. Too many times parents are too busy to notice that something isn't quite right about little Susie or Johnny. Stop saying "not my kid" or "he'll outgrow it". Everybody cries over "Old Yeller" because the dog dies. The dog was sick and that sickness made it a monster. Mental illness is not rabies. There is treatment out there if one actually acknowledges it exists. Nancy Grace needs to shut the hell up and focus on raising her kids instead of feeding like a buzzard on the carrion of disasters.