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A Texas dad terrified his child’s elementary school when he decided to conduct a “rogue” security drill to see how the school would respond in the event of an emergency, according to the school district.
Ron Miller, 44, entered the office of the Celina Elementary School at 7:50 a.m. on Wednesday, according to police, where he “conducted his own drill to test the school’s response to an active shooter situation.”
“Although Miller did not display a weapon, the statements and actions of Miller were aggressive and created panic and fear among the school’s staff,” the Celina Police Department said in a news release.
Police rushed to the school. Miller was arrested later in the day.
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2013/01/texas-dad-arrested-accused-of-causing-security-panic-at-school/
And Nobody Cried: "They Are Trying To Take Away My Car"
http://www.balloon-juice.com/2013/01/12/youtube-gun-celebrity-watch/#comment-4130823
Do we believe in the sanctity of life in America or don’t we? - by: Marian Wright Edelman
The Massive Human and Moral Cost of Gun Violence
Posted: 01/11/2013 7:08 pm
The heartrending massacre of 20 6- and 7-year-old children and six educators in Newtown, Conn., has galvanized public attention once again after a mass shooting. But the killing of children by gun violence is not new. It has been a relentlessly unreported and under-reported plague that has snuffed out the lives of 119,079 children and teenagers since 1979. That’s an average of 3,721 child and teen deaths every year for 32 years. That’s 4,763 classrooms of 25 children each. The number of children and teens killed by guns since 1979 is two and a half times greater than the number of U.S. military personnel killed in action in the Vietnam (47,434) or Korean (33,739) Wars, and over 22 times greater than American military personnel killed in the wars in Afghanistan (1,712) and in Iraq (3,518).
The United States of America has spent a $1.5 trillion on the Iraq and Afghanistan wars so far, purportedly to protect our children and citizens from enemies without, while ignoring the reality that the greatest threats to child safety and wellbeing come from enemies within.
Gun violence saturates our children’s lives and relentlessly threatens them every day. It has romped through their playgrounds; invaded their birthday parties; terrorized their Head Start classrooms, child care centers, and schools; frolicked down the streets they walk to and from school; danced through their school buses; waited at the red light and bus stop; lurked behind trees; run them down on the corner; shot them through their bedroom windows, on their front porches, and in their neighborhoods. Gun violence has taught, entertained, and tantalized them incessantly across television, movie, and video game screens and the Internet. It has snatched away their parents, aunts, uncles, cousins, brothers, sisters, friends, and teachers; sapped their energy and will to learn; and made them forget about tomorrow. It has nagged and picked at their child and youthful minds and spirits and darkened their dreams, day in and day out, snuffing out the promise and joy of childhood and inflicting them with post traumatic stress disorders – often chronic. It has caused them recurring nightmares and made them afraid to go outdoors or to the movies. It has made them want to or feel they have to get a gun or join a gang to protect themselves because adults can’t or won’t protect them. It has made them plan their own funerals because they don’t think they’ll live to adulthood. It has killed them with guns every three hours and 15 minutes and injured them every 34 minutes. It terrifies them and makes them cry inside and wonder if and when enough adults are ever going to stand up and make it stop and make children safe.
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In 2013, as we prepare to celebrate Martin Luther King’s birthday and the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington and the dream of our gun-slain prophet of nonviolence, let us truly hear and follow rather than just celebrate him. Now is the time to free ourselves from the plague of gun violence which has taken over 1.3 million American lives since Dr. King and Robert Kennedy’s assassinations in 1968. This is twice the loss of life than all American battle casualties in all the major wars we have fought since our nation began: the Revolutionary War (4,435); the War of 1812 (2,260); the Mexican War (1,733); the Civil War (214,938); the Spanish American War (385); World War I (53,402); World War II (291,557); the Korean War (33,739); the Vietnam War (47,434); the Persian Gulf War (148); the Iraq War (3,518), and the war in Afghanistan (1,712). Isn’t it way past time for some hard soul searching about what we believe as Americans? Do we believe in the sanctity of life in America or don’t we? We decide.
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The rest:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/marian-wright-edelman/the-massive-human-and-moral_b_2459693.html
". . . Preciousssssss . . . my PRECIOUSSSSSSssssss . . ."
... there was a gun show in Franklin, TN. An acquaintance, who responded to Newtown by joining the NRA, showed up and posted this picture of what it looked like when it was scheduled to open at 9am.
They'll Arrest You For Breastfeeding, But Feel Free To Walk The Streets-ARMED TO THE TEETH
A pair of mouth-breathing morons strolled around the streets of Portland this week to “educate” the public about the 2nd Amendment.
http://www.kptv.com/story/20548025/men-armed-with-rifles-walk-through-portland-to-educate
Commenter Aimai over at Balloon Juice said the following:
The portland guys really piss me off, and freak me out. I think several schools went on lockdown? What are you supposed to think, ordinary citizen, when two young men walk by you armed to the teeth? You’d be crazy not to start running for the exits. Why is it that in half the country they would arrest you for breastfeeding in public but this kind of “disturbing the peace” and creating a nuisance/danger to the public is forcibly legal?
http://www.balloon-juice.com/2013/01/10/123369/#comment-4127537
http://www.ncsl.org/issues-research/health/breastfeeding-state-laws.aspx
Warning shot: Gun violence lands US lowest life expectancy among rich nations
Warning shot: Gun violence lands US lowest life expectancy among rich nations
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The 378-page survey by a panel of experts from the Institute of Medicine and the National Research Council, listed unintentional injuries, quite often caused by guns, among reasons why people in America die young more often than in other countries.
“The prevalence of firearms in the United States looms large as an explanation for higher death rates from violence, suicidal impulses, and accidental shootings,” read the recent study, based on a broad review of mortality and health studies and statistic.
The blame placed on firearms – that in the US are often being stored unlocked at home –comes amid an increasingly divided battle over American gun regulation. Fiery debate on the issue was triggered anew by the deadly shooting in a Newtown school. The massacre on December 14 claimed lives of 26 people at Sandy Hook Elementary School, Conn. – 20 of whom were children.
The study highlights “dramatic” numbers of arms possessions in the US.
MORE:
http://rt.com/usa/news/guns-report-739/
The Onion Weighs In On Guns: Gorilla Sales Skyrocket After Latest Gorilla Attack
Gorilla Sales Skyrocket After Latest Gorilla Attack
SAN DIEGO—Following the events of last week, in which a crazed western lowland gorilla ruthlessly murdered 21 people in a local shopping plaza after escaping from the San Diego Zoo, sources across the country confirmed Thursday that national gorilla sales have since skyrocketed.
“After seeing yet another deranged gorilla just burst into a public place and start killing people, I decided I need to make sure something like that never happens to me,” said 34-year-old Atlanta resident Nick Keller, shortly after purchasing a 350-pound mountain gorilla from his local gorilla store. “It just gives me peace of mind knowing that if I’m ever in that situation, I won’t have to just watch helplessly as my torso is ripped in half and my face is chewed off. I’ll be able to use my gorilla to defend myself.”
“Law enforcement and animal control can only get there so quickly,” Keller added. “And you never know when you’ll need to use a gorilla to save your life.”
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http://www.theonion.com/articles/gorilla-sales-skyrocket-after-latest-gorilla-attac,30860/
Fox’s Megyn Kelly Accidentally Commits Journalism About Guns
Fox’s Megyn Kelly Accidentally Commits Journalism About Guns
Read more at http://wonkette.com/496521/foxs-megyn-kelly-accidentally-commits-journalism-about-guns#0mJIYF1IoCeeCOVh.99
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KELLY: Wait, wait, let me jump in, let me jump in. That may be the difference that we’re talking about because I looked back. The research suggested that when George H. W. Bush was president back in 1989, he used executive order to ban the import of assault weapons using his powers under the Gun Control Act of 1968 that stipulated that legal rifles had to be suitable for sporting purposes. So he did it that way using this 1968 gun control act law. But, you know, it begs the question, could Barack Obama do the same thing?
VIDEO & Read more at http://wonkette.com/496521/foxs-megyn-kelly-accidentally-commits-journalism-about-guns#0mJIYF1IoCeeCOVh.99
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