Beginning with the permissive 1960s, the left of this country, along with their accomplices in the media, have laid the groundwork for the kind of atrocities we've seen -- Columbine, Sandy Hook, Tucson, Aurora, Colo,. and others.

How was this done? They have systematically dismantled most of the guardrails that made our nation strong and virtuous. Capital punishment was mostly outlawed, convicted criminals were coddled, addicts and the mentally ill were turned out on the street to fend for themselves or harm others. Working Americans were forced either to support unmarried women making babies, or else the consequences of their promiscuity were legally murdered by abortion.

Greedy entertainment moguls jumped on the bandwagon, becoming filthy rich by producing violent movies, music, and video games that saturate the vulnerable minds of these angry, fatherless kids until some are driven to act out the violence they've absorbed day after day.

Since the entertainment CEOs fatten the re-election coffers of the left and the liberal politicians with mullions of campaign dollars, don't wait for them to condemn the "culture of death" that fills the minds of our youth -- it's the source of their money and power.

The most dangerous weapons in our society are the assaults committed daily by violent movies, games and music on the minds of our nation's young people.

Elaine Hawkins

Belleville