College Murders Rise As Experts Wonder Why?

Last week there were two high profile murders of college students. The first took place in Auburn, Alabama at Auburn University and the second one happened at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The victims, Lauren A. Burk from from Auburn and Eve Marie Carson from Chapel Hill were both killed in similar ways, but so far police in both cities have not been able to link these two crimes to the same suspect. These latest senseless murders of college students are only the latest in a sting of single murder crimes and mass murder of students while attending class.

It wasn't that long ago that parents worried little when they sent their children away to college. Most of the time the only trouble they ever got into was with binge drinking or rowdy behavior. However, the days of few worries have long since gone as today's parents worry about the very lives of their children when they travel far away from home to attend college. While guns do contribute to the rising murder rate in colleges, a lack of respect for human life contributes even more.

I was telling a friend the other day that when I was young and growing up back in the 1970's in small town America, almost everyone I knew had access to guns - but no one ever thought about reaching for that gun during a dispute. Yes, there were many time when arguments turned into fist fights or wrestling matches - but never did anyone draw on gun on someone else. Today however, it seems like a gun or a knife is the first thing that kids look for when a dispute turns violent. I don't know why times have changed so much, but they have and in this area of life they have changed for the worse.

While two families are filled with sadness and anger today because of the murder of their two beloved daughters, two killers are still walking the street and if they are not caught it is like they will kill again. It does not help matters that young people, self included back in the day, do not fear anything and even when bad things happen to other people their minds they are able to separate those bad events and still convince themselves that nothing bad will happen to them. I believe the world has always been a violent place to live, but unfortunately there was been a decrease in basic human morality that has caused some people to place little value on anyone except themselves.

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