How did you react?

Following the horrific events of the Sandy Hook Elementary School mass murder, I went on my Facebook to see how my online-world was reacting to the events. Almost everyone I knew made a status about the tragedy. The majority of the posts were people saying how sorry they were for the families and how they would pray for them but posted right away about what kind of changes we need to make in our policies about gun control. One vibrant voice caught my attention. He very rudely told everyone posting about the second amendment to "shut up" because it was wrong of them to exploit this tragdey to push their "polictical agenda". He continued to post that "you all need to stop talking about guns and focus on the families." His post stood out to me because of how inconsiderate it was. Everyone grieves differently- clearly for him the way to show your empathy was just by saying how sorry you are for the families. I think we all felt sorry for the families but for other people, like me, our way of grieving is by saying to the families "I am so sorry, that never should've happened to you and we need to make sure that it never happens to anyone again." For some, rising to action and discussion is their way of coping. I thought the conversations people were having about gun control was a necessary reaction because we need to explore all possible ways to prevent other mass-murders like these. Of course there is a necessity to slow down and take in all the information fully before taking action but sitting still and letting the same evil happen over and over again is, in my mind, a terrible way of saying "I'm sorry."