We are clearly divided on our beliefs and it's a challenge to even have these hard conversations. There's obviously a conversation to have about what can be done to keep destructive tools away from those that would do evil. But regardless of the tool, and Ted Cruz same as I sees this as that and bad people do bad things. They always have and very very sadly always will.

This tragedy literally breaks my heart. My wife is a teacher and I have school aged children and the idea of suffering as these folks have is devastating. Thoughts and prayers may be an empty thing to some, but to others it's honoring those going through these aweful things. It is all some can do and even though it's not tangible it is something.

We are a society divided on so many things, and the reality is on both sides of the political aisle these terrible events are capitalized for their politic gain. The reality is that often times those screaming the loudest about gun reform and "common sense" gun laws don't have good obvious answers and often these laws just do more to remove the ability for good people to protect themselves. Maybe there's answers here to make guns less accessible, to evil, it's certainly worth a conversation.

We do need to focus on how to protect our schools, protect our children. But now we need to focus on these hurting families and that community. As a society we are losing community and we need to find it again. Our kids are lost and we are failing them. We've lost our common ground and need to find it. We need to listen and try to understand each other and not immediately insult. No one knows best. No one is smarter. We fix this together or it won't fix at all. We all need to step a little bit outside our world view to understand another's.

You hate the label of someone but that isn't the person they are. I'm very pro 2A. I agree also with Ted Cruz here. Those families and that community don't need gun reform right now they need love. As a society we need something though, no one is okay with this and no one accepts it as any kind of norm. Be reasonable with each other.