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lizzybennet) wrote2011-01-11 08:39 am
lizzybennet) wrote2011-01-11 08:39 am
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Chris went to grad school at the Univ. of Arizona. We lived less than a mile from where the shooting took place and have been to that particular shopping center on more than one occasion. Chris was an adjunct at Pima Comm. College, where the shooter went to school.
At the time we lived in Tucson, there was a shooting at the Univ. in the nursing school. A failing student shot three of his professors and then himself. I haven't heard anyone mention the most recent tragedy in connection with the nursing school shooting, but in my opinion this speaks very loudly about the need for better gun control laws in Arizona. I know. They won't stand to hear of such things. We knew people out there who had oodles of guns, including automatic weapons. There is still a certain feel of "the wild west" out there, with the desert always reminding you that you live in a place where humans don't really belong.
This shooting is a tragedy. There's no question about it. But I hope we can learn something from this, as a society. I wish we could stop the poisonous, negative rhetoric and just learn to work together.
At the time we lived in Tucson, there was a shooting at the Univ. in the nursing school. A failing student shot three of his professors and then himself. I haven't heard anyone mention the most recent tragedy in connection with the nursing school shooting, but in my opinion this speaks very loudly about the need for better gun control laws in Arizona. I know. They won't stand to hear of such things. We knew people out there who had oodles of guns, including automatic weapons. There is still a certain feel of "the wild west" out there, with the desert always reminding you that you live in a place where humans don't really belong.
This shooting is a tragedy. There's no question about it. But I hope we can learn something from this, as a society. I wish we could stop the poisonous, negative rhetoric and just learn to work together.
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I see it as a sign of the times. We hear about all sorts of bad things going on in the world lately.
No, I'm not saying that. The 9 year old was innocent in this. she was just in the wrong place at the wrong time. As was most of the ones that were shot. Guessing from what the news said this morning, he was at one of those events a few years ago and was not satified with her answer to a question he had asked her. And since that time he was spiraling down hill. So, yes I do feel that in his mind, she had failed him in a way which made Giffords the target. I don't feel he was right in that but I think that's what he was thinking. Also from the notes he has in his home, he was also hoping he would die doing this. So he was crazy.
This senator, was my senator for awhile. Jeremy sent her a few letters explaining his side of the story. And everyone of her replys back was a little snipy. So yes, I do feel the senator said the wrong thing to someone and that sent him over the edge. all it takes for someone who is not mentally stable to pull a trigger is to have someone say the wrong thing. same logic.
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