Second terms are prime time for executive orders. The Sandy Hook shootings in Newtown, CT was that final straw for people to get serious about gun violence. Today Vice President Biden and President Obama introduced proposals and the President put his signature to 23 executive actions, taking steps to reduce gun violence. I wonder if [...]
Guide to Mass Shootings in America by Mother Jones It’s all too much. Time to get busy. Coalition to Stop Gun Violence http://www.csgv.org Brady Campaign http://www.bradycampaign.org Mental Health America www.nmha.org We the People: Your Voice In Our Government Petition on WhiteHouse.gov The goal of this petition is to force the Obama Administration to produce legislation [...]
As “hoodie” photos flood the internet from known and unknown individuals around the country, it’s no surprise that the attorneys for George Zimmerman have done what defense attorneys do — “muddy the waters” of the story of their 28 year old Hispanic/White client who, on February 26, 2012, shot an unarmed 17 year old African [...]
The tragedy in Oslo is very disturbing. I’m sure many Muslims around the world breathed a sign of relief when Anders Behring Breivik was taken into custody to be charged with the bombing of a government building and the brutal shooting massacre of youth at a state sponsored camp. Terrorism under “God, Christ and country” [...]
Yesterday’s shooting of Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ) and 20 other victims (to date) at a meet-and-greet your Representative gathering outside a Safeway in Tucson, AZ left me speechless. The Congresswoman is currently in a medically induced coma after being shot in the head at point blank range. The chief neurosurgeon at the University of Arizona [...]
