Friday, April 26, 2013
Thursday, April 25, 2013
Wednesday, April 17, 2013
A SENATE IN THE GUN LOBBY’S GRIP (by Gabrielle Giffords)
This
op-ed appears in the opinion
pages of the New York Times dated 18 April 2013.
Gabrielle
Giffords was a former Democratic representative from Arizona from 2007 to 2012.
On 8 January 2011
during a meet and greet at a Tucson, AZ supermarket a gunman opened fired
killing 6 and wounding 14 including the Congresswoman who took a gunshot to the
head.
Among
the dead was Chief Judge of the US District Court of Arizona John Roll; Gabriel
Zimmerman who was the community outreach director for the Congresswoman; and Christina
Taylor Green, a 9 year old girl who was brought to meet her Representative in
the US House.
For
his crime, the gunman was sentenced to seven consecutive life terms plus 140
years in prison without parole in November 2012.
The
assassination attempt left the Congresswoman gravely wounded and having to
relearn basic motor skills.
Along
with her husband, former astronaut and retired Navy Captain Mark Kelly, she is
the founder of Americans
for Responsible Solutions which focuses on sensible gun control legislation
while upholding the Second Amendment to the Constitution.
On
Wednesday the United States Senate voted
54-46 to expand background checks to gun shows and Internet sales. The vote
needed 60 to invoke cloture.
This
was her response to the Senate's inaction.
Tuesday, April 16, 2013
Monday, April 15, 2013
SCARY THINGS IN THE NEWS (by Fred Rogers, AKA Mr. Rogers)
"When
I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to
me, 'Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping.' To
this day, especially in times of 'disaster,' I remember my mother's words, and
I am always comforted by realizing that there are still so many helpers -- so
many caring people in this world." - Fred Rogers (Mr. Rogers)
Tuesday, April 9, 2013
Saturday, April 6, 2013
Wednesday, April 3, 2013
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