At the Fair
From the Associated Press Wire Service: Dateline - Westfield, Mass. - With an instructor watching, an 8 year old boy at a gun fair aimed an Uzi at a pumpkin and pulled the trigger as his father...
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Oh Lord!! Where will it end? In this time of recession gun sales were up 20 per cent for the month of October, over October of last year. The sale of assault weapons (at $1000 a piece) is up 13 per...
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Gene - a truly terrifying read and the two quotes add wonderful parentheses what happenned to the father - did he get life for the life he foolishly wasted?
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Gene, the many ways you bring the cold, hard, steely facts to bear are adeptly handled, here. It is a coincidence that I was just thinking yesterday how the American forefathers could not foresee the...
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Wow, a sad story indeed. I have a similar reaction to Ed. And he makes a good point. You make a good point too. I myself don't own any guns, but I think the right to bare arms is a necessary freedom,...
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Oh dear how tragic. I have never understood the craze for guns in the U.S.A. or the reluctance to keep them. I think sporting guns should be locked up and only issued when people sign in to take part...
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Gene: Being at the fair for this fare was not fair. I still believe in the right to own one's own gun --- even though I don't own any guns. I really don't see any difference between the philosophy of...
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Gene, Such a lesson here. It is so sad that it always takes a tragic event to make others notice. Dee
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My Dad took me hunting as a child.. Mom said to him, you should do something with your son, because she was clueless about why he knew nothing about bonding with a son. When we came back, we talked...
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DG - "It was fun to kill..." Wow, what a chilling statement! Do you still have guns? Peace Gene
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Dee - Yes, sadness is probably the best emotion to emerge from this. Anger doesn't seem to work anymore. Thanks for your time and thoughts. Peace Gene
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Gro - You did tell us some time ago that you had 7 or 8 lobotomies and that your brains are "all mixed up', didn't you? Are you aware that the "guns don't kill people..." NRA slogan is truly lame?...
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Hi Gene....this poem gives me chills up and down my spine. My husband was a hunter and he taught our boys how to use a gun safely. I must admit I was a bit dubious because I hate guns and they were so...
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Chey - Thanks for the read. Scary and sad is what this whole issue is...and...no end in sight! Peace Gene Jean - Thanks for your time and thought. "Craze" is spot on with the American mind-set...
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rr - You got the "stupidity" part right! Guns are made to kill and when stupid people play with killing machines, people get killed - on the battle front or in the nursery. Thanks for your time. Peace...
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