I thought that I might need to come back for this. I have not been around in awhile and it looks as though Kevin is keeping things up. For those of you who don't know me or don't remember, I was active in this thread many years ago.
http://www.greekchat.com/gcforums/sh...highlight=otmg
My immediate concern is that many of you seem to believe what the media tells you without question. The shooter was not wearing body armor. He was not a tea party member. The media, in its quest for ratings, will broadcast anything and everything that they have heard without trying to verify the accuracy just so they can have exclusive information.
It amazes me the number of people who are dancing in celebration that they have an excuse to trumpet the gun control cause. You hear me Bloomberg? I see some of you calling for police and military to be allowed firearms, yet the last mass shooting was by an Army Major in 2009 at Ft Hood, TX. He killed 13 people. More than in the theater. If that is going to happen, why exempt members of the military? This shooting was an anomoly. With gun control becoming more lax over the last 18 years and concealed carry permits now available in 49 states, violent crime, including murder, is down to record lows. If you put these deaths and the situation in perspective, 14 innocent people were killed today, more than in Colorado, when a pickup truck had an accident in Texas. Those people were doing nothing more than riding down the highway, yet they died. There is no call to ban pickup trucks, but using gun control logic the tool is to blame. The deaths of innocent people at the hands of others is going to happen. You can't stop it. Death, horrible death, is a fact of life, look at the drug wars in Mexico, and we all just hope and pray that it doesn't strike to close to our friends and family.
My prayers go out to everyone touched by the tragedy in Colorado.
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