WALSH: The One Single Person To Blame For The Florida School Shooting

As we argue over who and what is to blame for the Florida school shooting, it seems we have lost sight of the fact that the one and only person to blame for the shooting is the shooter. From the way we discuss this massacre (and every other), you’d think that it was carried out by some kind of robot, compelled by an outside force to go and slaughter 17 innocent people. You’d think he was forced into it by a certain political party or a certain organization or even by the gun he was carrying. You’d think there must be a whole parade of people and things to blame for this horrible act — except the guy who acted.

We ask a million questions in the aftermath of the crime: What law could have prevented it? Should guns be outlawed? Which political party can we pin this on? Was the killer a white nationalist? Did he support Trump? Did he hate Trump? So on and so on. But the one question we seem to avoid is the one that matters most: Why would a person choose to do something like this?