Tragic Murder/Suicide in KC

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Originally Posted by pinkytoe

On those rare occasions when I happen to see prime time TV shows, they are often full of violent acts or scenes; I find them so disturbing that I have to leave the room though dh sometimes seems mesmerized by it. Ditto violent movies and video games. It makes me wonder about the images that float around in the minds of the children we are raising who happen to see this stuff.

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And yet one (inadvertant?) "wardrobe malfunction" caused CBS to be fined more than half a million dollars plus whatever they and the FCC spent in hearings and lawyer's fees.

I'm not saying nudity or intercourse are any more appropriate to TV during "family" hours than domestic violence. I just find it odd that you can show a couple beating the daylights out of each other or one killing the other, with all kinds of weapons and blood on display, but you can't show them in more loving circumstances. American Puritanism. It makes for an interesting life.

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Originally Posted by CathyA

Yes, he could have slain her with his bare hands. But its just so darned easy to pull that trigger in a fit of rage. If you're getting punched around, you have time to scream and hopefully run, or somehow fight back. With a bullet.....that's usually all she wrote.
Guns in the hands of reasonable people might not be bad.........but in the hands of someone who has a short fuse..........

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Perhaps if SHE was the one who was armed for self-protection the situation would have turned out very differently. I'm not saying that throwing more firearms into the mix would make things better, just that she and her child would likely be alive. Of course if she knew he was abusive to begin with then she should have left long ago to protect her child even if she wasn't willing to protect herself. Not blaming the victims, just saying...