Shock. Anger. Sorrow. Outrage.
Even as those emotions flow in abundance following Friday’s shooting at Richneck Elementary School in Newport News, none seems sufficient. That a 6-year-old boy would bring a firearm to a schoolhouse and use it to harm his teacher — which the police chief said was no accident — defies comprehension.
And it should prompt serious introspection, not just for the individuals directly linked to these events, but for our whole community. Only in the most troubled of societies would a child have access to a firearm and the willingness to fire it at a teacher in a school classroom.
