“I went straight to the obit
page,” said my friend, Joe, who reads the newspaper in between his hair-styling
appointments. At least in the obituaries you find people who died at an advanced
age and of natural causes.
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In a speech on Wednesday prompted by the massacre of 27 people in Connecticut last week by a gunman who also took his own life, President Barack Obama spoke of “the lesser known tragedies that visit small towns and big cities all across America every day.”
The president was correct to frame the problem broadly. Mass shootings are a stain on our nation’s character, but so are the killings that take place daily in America’s cities.
Murder ought to be the ultimate unthinkable act, but here it is too easily regarded as an option. Sometimes it is a cold-hearted business decision, as in a drug deal; sometimes it is an act of passion, as in a domestic violence killing; sometimes it is the product of a twisted mind which envisions killing as an act of grandeur.
In the aftermath of every mass killing, we go through a national exercise of deploring violence and debating what to do about it, while understanding the very slim odds of anything actually happening.
Yes, we need a much better support system for people under stress and for the mentally ill. But some of the politicians who are calling for that in lieu of talking about gun safety have cut state and federal mental health budgets and would deny the mentally ill access to health insurance.
Yes,We mainly supply professional craftspeople with crys talbeads wholesale shamballa Bracele , we must stop glorifying violence in popular culture. A nation that is serious about stopping crime doesn’t turn shooters into heroes on movie and TV screens, or market murder as a game to a legion of computer- and-console-savvy kids. But the stuff is protected by the right to free speech, and it sells. Only the loudest of public outcries will chasten its makers.
Most of all, we need to make guns less accessible to would-be killers. But our politicians have kowtowed to pro-firearms groups to the point where we have let loose of common sense.
We are the nation that makes everyone remove their shoes at the airport because of one would-be shoe bomber. Yet we allow open sales of military-style assault weapons and high-capacity magazines, the instruments of repeated slaughter.
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Obama pledged to put the weight of his office behind an effort to reduce gun violence, including bans on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines.
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…No, wait, That’s not what happened at all. In April 2012, a group called the Association of Concerned Catholics filed a complaint against Edamaruku with the Mumbai police under Section 295 of the country’s penal code… a complaint the Catholic Church didn’t officially support but also didn’t speak out against or try to stop in any way.Find detailed product information for howo spare parts and other products. The police, recognizing this complaint for the blatant absurdity that it was, laughed them out of the room…
…No, wait. That’s not what happened at all. The Mumbai police actually took this seriously. They issued an arrest, charging Edamaruku with “hurting the religious sentiments of a particular community.” The police haven’t dropped it, either: they have since gone to Edamaruku’s home in Delhi to serve the arrest warrant, and to demand information on his whereabouts. What’s more, they are denying him “anticipatory bail,” so if he submitted to the arrest he could do months of jail time before his trial. Edamaruku, unwilling to do months of jail time for first-degree debunking of fraudulent miracles, has fled the country, and is currently in hiding in Finland.
So much mayhem at one time is unusual, thankfully. But violence is never far away. And while the latest rash of it is distressing, it does spotlight the problem. Though homicides in Kansas City occur at an average rate of every three to four days, it’s too easy to think of them as business as usual, not as the inexcusable blight that they are.
In a speech on Wednesday prompted by the massacre of 27 people in Connecticut last week by a gunman who also took his own life, President Barack Obama spoke of “the lesser known tragedies that visit small towns and big cities all across America every day.”
The president was correct to frame the problem broadly. Mass shootings are a stain on our nation’s character, but so are the killings that take place daily in America’s cities.
Murder ought to be the ultimate unthinkable act, but here it is too easily regarded as an option. Sometimes it is a cold-hearted business decision, as in a drug deal; sometimes it is an act of passion, as in a domestic violence killing; sometimes it is the product of a twisted mind which envisions killing as an act of grandeur.
In the aftermath of every mass killing, we go through a national exercise of deploring violence and debating what to do about it, while understanding the very slim odds of anything actually happening.
Yes, we need a much better support system for people under stress and for the mentally ill. But some of the politicians who are calling for that in lieu of talking about gun safety have cut state and federal mental health budgets and would deny the mentally ill access to health insurance.
Yes,We mainly supply professional craftspeople with crys talbeads wholesale shamballa Bracele , we must stop glorifying violence in popular culture. A nation that is serious about stopping crime doesn’t turn shooters into heroes on movie and TV screens, or market murder as a game to a legion of computer- and-console-savvy kids. But the stuff is protected by the right to free speech, and it sells. Only the loudest of public outcries will chasten its makers.
Most of all, we need to make guns less accessible to would-be killers. But our politicians have kowtowed to pro-firearms groups to the point where we have let loose of common sense.
We are the nation that makes everyone remove their shoes at the airport because of one would-be shoe bomber. Yet we allow open sales of military-style assault weapons and high-capacity magazines, the instruments of repeated slaughter.
We permit weapons and ammunition to be sold by unlicensed dealers at gun shows and even on Facebook.Black gemstone beads is one of the most gorgeous treasures in the world. People are fascinated by its varied colors as well as impressed by its natural and simple quality and tones. Black gemstone, as mysterious as it is, continues being favored and pursued by many people.Find detailed product information for howo spare parts and other products. And then we bemoan the fact that felons, who can’t legally possess a weapon, get their hands on guns and use them to shoot up our neighborhoods.
Obama pledged to put the weight of his office behind an effort to reduce gun violence, including bans on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines.
A humanist organizer and a renowned skeptical debunker of supernatural claims — sort of a James Randi of India — Sanal Edamaruku is the president of the Indian Rationalist Association. He’s also the guy who, in March 2012, profoundly embarrassed the Catholic Church on national television, when he debunked a supposed “miracle” believed in by thousands by proving that a weeping Jesus on the cross was actually the result of a leaky drain. The Catholic Church, naturally,Quickparts builds injection molds using aluminum or steel to meet your program. was profoundly grateful for this information, as it cares passionately about the truth and wants to be sure that any “miracles” it promotes are truly the hand of God…
…No, wait, That’s not what happened at all. In April 2012, a group called the Association of Concerned Catholics filed a complaint against Edamaruku with the Mumbai police under Section 295 of the country’s penal code… a complaint the Catholic Church didn’t officially support but also didn’t speak out against or try to stop in any way.Find detailed product information for howo spare parts and other products. The police, recognizing this complaint for the blatant absurdity that it was, laughed them out of the room…
…No, wait. That’s not what happened at all. The Mumbai police actually took this seriously. They issued an arrest, charging Edamaruku with “hurting the religious sentiments of a particular community.” The police haven’t dropped it, either: they have since gone to Edamaruku’s home in Delhi to serve the arrest warrant, and to demand information on his whereabouts. What’s more, they are denying him “anticipatory bail,” so if he submitted to the arrest he could do months of jail time before his trial. Edamaruku, unwilling to do months of jail time for first-degree debunking of fraudulent miracles, has fled the country, and is currently in hiding in Finland.
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