Evil murderers can be stopped, but doing the impossible takes a little longer

By Richard Vatz

Published June 2, 2014 2:46pm ET

Evil murderers can be stopped, but doing the impossible takes a little longer — Richard Martinez talks about his son Christopher Michael-Martineza during a memorial service for the victims and families of Friday's rampage at Harder Stadium on the campus of University of California, Santa Barbara, on May 27 in the Isla Vista area near Goleta, Calif. (AP/Chris Carlson) | Chris Carlson

Does being the father of a victim of a horrific crime immediately make you a responsible voice on preventing that crime?

How do you tell a furious father that he has nothing to contribute to preventing the category of crime of which his beloved son was an innocent victim?

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