...and it's not related to gun control, either.
Of the 27 deadliest mass shootings, TWENTY-SIX had no biological fathers active in their upbringing.
Did you realize that??
Only one was raised by a father since childhood.
From Suzanne Venker's opinion piece on this subject:
“Indeed, there is a direct correlation between boys who grow up with absent fathers and boys who drop out of school, who drink, who do drugs, who become delinquent and who wind up in prison,” she writes. “And who kill their classmates.”
Makes you think, doesn't it.
If this isn't an argument for trying to work out problems in your marriage first, with divorce only as an absolute, tried-everything-else final option...
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