To the ones who crave the creation of mass chaos among the world and the ones who thrive on the idea that death can make you powerful,

You should know, this is not out of malicious intent. Or maybe it is; I haven't figured that out yet.

But, you wouldn't know, would you?

I want to know.

I want to know, because I'm curious. I want to know about you, I want to know what your interests are. Do you like sports? Do you like music? I want to know about your family. Do you have children, do you have a spouse? Do you love them? What would you do without them? What do you think about when you wake up and see the sun shining? What do you think about when you look into the eyes of a child, or you look into the eyes of someone who carries decades of memories?

But, you wouldn't know, would you?

I want to know.

I want to know if you can imagine your life if you were a victim of something as horrific as this. Here's what it would be like: You'd go to wake up your spouse, and they wouldn't be there. You'd go to wake up your kids, and they wouldn't be there. You'd go through your daily routine, but this time, it's special; it's a difficult kind of special. It’s not the kind of special a sixteenth birthday is when you finally get the keys to the car you’ve been desperately craving to drive. It’s not the kind of special that you are promised on your wedding day. It’s the kind of special that any average person would prefer to live without. It’s the kind of special where you don't go through your day-to-day lifestyle with your family, because they are gone, and they are not coming back. And you can't help but to carry what feels like a 20,000-pound weight on your heart, because they're irreplaceable, and you know that.

Now, imagine that feeling inside of not one, but tens of hundreds of families. Imagine how that feeling is, except multiplied. Imagine it.

But, you wouldn't know, would you?

I want to know.

I want to know, because I want to know who taught you how to love, because obviously, it went in one ear and out the other. Can you tell me what love is to you? Do you even know how to love? Have you heard the word? Do you know the feeling of butterflies that live within you when you see the one you love? Do you know how it feels to find something you're passionate about and be completely content with where you are in life and not have a care in the world? Love is a feeling, love is an action, and love is everything. Love is not forcing your beliefs down the throat of someone else, specifically because they don't agree with you. Love is not found behind a promise of pulling a trigger. Love is not killing people.

But, you wouldn't know, would you?

I want to know.

I want to know what made your heart so cold. I want to know how you live with yourself, knowing that you have created such a dark cloud over the world. I want to know how you enjoy the little moments found in the change of the fall leaves. I want to know what you believe is the right way, and I want to know why you hate being wrong. I want to know why you have created such chaos in the world. As someone who has survived a school shooting, I can tell you that recovering from something so horrible takes so long. It took me 4 years to get over the shooting; imagine how long it will take the survivors to recover from something YOU did. I want to know why killing people was something that you could take pride in. Is it about the ego, now? Are you really going to start killing groups of people, because you need to boost your ego with your "friends" or your "guy/girl squad" or whatever you want to call it. Who did this to you? Why are you the way that you are?

But, you wouldn't know, would you?

I want to know.

I want to know if you know what hatred is. Hate is a bitter knife on your tongue and an untamed fire within your lungs. It is one of the most powerful, most manipulative forces that currently resides within the world and hasn't stopped for many years. I want to know if hate is your version of love.

But, you wouldn't know, would you?

I want to know.

I want to know if you know how powerful of a force hatred is. Since the creation of Earth, it has been present. Since they have been created, we have used guns and grenades to make a point about our hatred for a certain situation or group. I want to know if you understand that you have been brainwashed by the most brutal of all forces, and you have acted on it, causing chaos and disorder. How do you expect to have everyone agree with you, if you keep killing everyone?

But, you wouldn't know, would you?

I want to know.

I want to know what you think about seconds before you pull the trigger. Do you think about what could happen if you fail? I want to know if you think about something that could hold you back. Do you think about your daughter or son and how they would continue to live if they knew that you did this? That you ended so many lives, simply because you did not agree? I want to know if you think about how other people will go on with their lives, knowing that they have fallen victim to your hatred?

But, you wouldn't know, would you?

I want to know.

I want to know if you know how unbelievably disgusting you are for killing people who are like you. They probably share common interests; they like the same music and laugh at the same jokes that you do. They could be on your side. I want to know if you realize how disturbing it is that you can casually kill people, because it's something that makes you happy. I want to know if you realize how much this makes the rest of the human race look down upon you. I want you to know that you are, in fact, the scum of the earth, and it is absolutely saddening that you are so pathetic.

But, you wouldn't know, would you?

I want to know.

I want to know what you think this would have done, and what it actually did. I want you to know that you have caused the entire human race to live in fear. I want you to know that I cannot stand in a large crowd, out of fear that this will happen to me and the people that I love. I want to know if you think that the world would fall apart if you did this. I want to know if you think everyone would hate each other, and I'm not so sorry to let you down, but this only created a better, stronger international feeling of love. It's such a great, empowering feeling.

But, you wouldn't know, would you?

To the one's who crave the creation of mass chaos among the world,

violence is not the answer to get everyone on your side.

But, you wouldn't know, would you?