01 Jun More massacre hobby horse feedback
Posted at 02:29h
in That's life
Background: On Wednesday, I chided polemicists who use tragic events to push personal causes, citing a Washington movie critic who connected the Santa Barbara killings with Judd Apatow movies. In response, a gun control opponent accused me of mounting a hobby horse of my own, when I praised anti-gun comments by the father of a San Diego victim.
A Halifax reader responds:
Here’s a hobby horse worth riding: Random killings are caused by serious, untreated mental illness. Are we powerless to do something about that?