Murder-Suicide in Maryland

In an examiner.com article "Murder-Suicide confirmed in Md. family's death," a man shoots his wife and two kids, while they were sleeping, with a 12-gauge shotgun and then proceeded to shoot himself, because the recession was really taking a toll on their ability to survive. The bodies of the wife, Jennifer, and his kids, Charles Jr. and Emmaline, were found in their beds. While Charles L. Dalton was found next to his bed. He also had the nerve to shoot their beagle. This has shown to be a growing trend people killing themselves and their family over a major crisis such as the recession.

In response to this article i have 4 things to say.
1. I thought money couldn't buy happiness. He acted like if he didn't have money then life was pointless.
2. Why does he get to make the decisions for everyone in his family. Is it because hes the 'man' of the house.
3. Could he have picked a bigger gun? Then again maybe he wanted to make sure he got the job done right.
4. What did he have to kill the dog for? The dog doesn't need money to survive. Unless he thought the relationship between Dog and God was to close and didn't want to be judged.
This article was not biased, it was a statement of facts and quotes from the spokesperson.