Showing posts with label Guns. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Guns. Show all posts
Wednesday, December 9, 2015
Wednesday, May 1, 2013
Five-year-old boy shoots and kills his little sister
On a little country road on the banks of the Cumberland River in southern Kentucky a five-year-old boy accidentally shot and killed his two-year-old sister on Tuesday April 30th, 2013.
The gun was his. He owned it legally. Given to him as a gift "the cricket" is a .22-caliber rifle marketed as "My First Rifle."
This may have been an accident but it certainly should make us stop and think.
When does nostalgia for a bygone era start to cause real problems?
How about when kids start dying!
As if Sandy Hook, Aurora, Columbine, and the hundreds of massacres yet to come were not enough. We have to watch as stories like this one come to pass.
Holding onto the ideals of frontier justice, machismo self-reliance, and the delusion that a well-regulated militia stands a chance against the nuclear arsenal of the Federal government make no sense.
If the "pen is mightier" then get one out and write a real letter on real paper, stick in a real envelope and send it to your congress persons telling them this is the last time you want to read a news story like this.
When is enough enough?
The gun was his. He owned it legally. Given to him as a gift "the cricket" is a .22-caliber rifle marketed as "My First Rifle."
This may have been an accident but it certainly should make us stop and think.
When does nostalgia for a bygone era start to cause real problems?
How about when kids start dying!
As if Sandy Hook, Aurora, Columbine, and the hundreds of massacres yet to come were not enough. We have to watch as stories like this one come to pass.
Holding onto the ideals of frontier justice, machismo self-reliance, and the delusion that a well-regulated militia stands a chance against the nuclear arsenal of the Federal government make no sense.
If the "pen is mightier" then get one out and write a real letter on real paper, stick in a real envelope and send it to your congress persons telling them this is the last time you want to read a news story like this.
When is enough enough?
Saturday, December 15, 2012
Friday, July 20, 2012
James Holmes - Dark Knight Shooter
A 24-year-old graduate student in the neuroscience department at the University of Colorado Denver Aschutz Medical Campus in Aurora has been identified as the shooter in last night's deadly attack.
James Holmes killed 14 people and injured scores more firing several guns into a crowded theater at the premiere of the new Batman movie - Dark Knight Rises.
The University of Colorado confirms Holmes was in the process of withdrawing from the program in neuroscience.
"Mr. James Holmes was in the process of withdrawing from the University of Colorado Denver's graduate program in neurosciences," the univesity statement said. "Mr. Holmes enrolled at the university in June 2011."
The University of Colorado website reports the Biological Basis of Psychiatric and Neurological Disorders as one of his courses while in attendence.
Holmes also made a presentation on MicroRNA biomarkers while enrolled.
The University of Colorado confirms Holmes was in the process of withdrawing from the program in neuroscience.
"Mr. James Holmes was in the process of withdrawing from the University of Colorado Denver's graduate program in neurosciences," the univesity statement said. "Mr. Holmes enrolled at the university in June 2011."
The University of Colorado website reports the Biological Basis of Psychiatric and Neurological Disorders as one of his courses while in attendence.
Holmes also made a presentation on MicroRNA biomarkers while enrolled.
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