While a lot of the commentary in the media has of coursed focus on how our culture approaches guns, my mind always comes back to a different question about personal vs. corporate responsibility? Who is responsible for contributing to the emotional wholeness or social well-being of an individual in Adam's circumstances? Does it fall to the individual, despite his or her inabilities, or to the family, who cannot ultimately control the actions of others? Or does this, most of all, say something about society--about our failure to be neighbors, to accept and find a place for all people in our communities--even those on our margins?

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