As I watch a flag being raised to comfort a family and a nation...

...I know that Nicholas Kristof is correct.  The gun industry has much to be desired.

...To protect the public, (click link to title - thank you) we regulate cars and toys, medicines and mutual funds. So, simply as a public health matter, shouldn’t we take steps to reduce the toll from our domestic arms industry?...

There is extremely poor quality control, especially in ammunition. 

I live in North Carolina most of the time.  It is my state of residence.  One might say I am no one to talk as I don't own a gun nor would I ever.  I don't shoot guns, nor would I ever.  However and much to my dismay I have friends and family that own and target shoot at local ranges.

There are different grades of ammunition that can be purchased to use in a weapon when arriving at the firing range.  The ammunition in nearly every trip to the range has disappointed someone in attendance.  There was one occassion whereby a nephew was with my son and his wife while practicing, so whatever it is they do.  The gun was lent to my nephew by a man at the range when they were having a conversation.  This was not an inexpensive weapon, but, one that anyone would want to own.  The ammunition was not cheap, but, after the second shot my nephew found he had smoke coming out of the side of the gun and his right cheek was splattered with a small amount of blood.  He was wearing protective googles and didn't have a splinter of any kind in his eye, but, he had a bruise and a cut that healed with some attendence of a bandage change and some ointment.

In another instance my daughter-in-law was firing her personal gun when she started to experience missed shots and found the bullets didn't fire correctly.  There was nothing wrong with the gun, but, with the ammunition purchased at the firing range.

There is no one I know that does not carry their own personal weapons to these firing ranges, so the guns are maintained and kept in good condtion.  Those blasted things are not cheap and neither is attending a firing range for an afternoon.

The point is the quality of the metal of bullet casings, the gun powder inside and the quality of the metal of the guns themselves REGARDLESS of their cost or their brand name is extremely CHEAP and dangerous and UNREGULATED.

In the case of the incident of my nephew, the owner was distressed more over the fact the gun literally blew up more so than the would my nephew sustained.  He was obsessed with taking pictures of the gun to file a complaint and a claim evidently.  The gun was relatively new and not an antique or otherwise. 

The gun industry is like the oil and gas industry, they are turned loose in the USA to do as they please with absolutely NO oversight and it is always the public that pays the price in one way or another.

The Southern Hemisphere caught in "Cliamte Crisis."

Cars sit in debris in Teresopolis, 65 kilometres north of Rio de Janeiro, on Wednesday. (Roberto Ferreira/Agencia O Dia/Associated Press)

Survivors of mudslides (click here) in mountain towns north of Rio de Janeiro recounted Thursday the horrors of watching homes swept away by walls of earth and water and of frantic efforts to dig with bare hands and reach trapped neighbours....

..."I don't even have the words to describe what I've seen," said Ramos, as she started on an eight-kilometre hike to the main part of her town, hoping to find food and water. "A lot of our friends are dead or missing. There are people we may never find."...

January 13, 2011

1219 GMT

Brazil Satellite

Janaury 13, 2011

1222 GMT

Western Hemisphere Satellite

And in Australia...

...They come seeking (click here) news of loved ones, appealing to their neighbours or friends for information, posting photos, and detailing their last known movements.
These are not official missing-person reports but two-line messages posted to sites such as Facebook and Twitter where the power of social networks is being harnessed to locate relatives and pets caught out by rising flood waters in Queensland....

The Australians and their government were worried about losing Brisbane completely.

Bligh urges caution after drain death

Queensland premier Anna Bligh warns residents of the dangers of floodwater after a 24-year-old man was swept to his death down a Brisbane drain....

I would not put a great deal of faith in the telecommuications network in the area.  The region maybe, but, the area where the floods exist should resort to 'tried and true' methods of emergency communications.  It isn't just software, it is hardware that is in need of repair.

Coastal and lowlands. 

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A Telstra St George exchange sandbagged and wrapped in plastic

...Telecommunications networks (click here)  in Queensland are being hammered by the floods, with several exchanges offline and more outages expected as back-up batteries run out in power-affected areas.
Tens of thousands of people are without mobile, landline or internet access, despite telcos using helicopters, sandbags and plastic wrappings to protect their sites from water damage.
"We have a lot of damaged infrastructure but more importantly our biggest issue is access to power," a Telstra spokeswoman said....

 

Flood peaks in Brisbane

The flooded Brisbane River spills into residential areas close to the CBD. Photo: REUTERS/Tim Wimborne

BRISBANE

Latitude:  27.48 °S  

Longitude:  153.03 °E

Elevation:  38 m

..."Well over 100mm of rain  (click here) had already fallen around the lake since Friday, but yesterday an incredible further 249mm fell in just 24 hours. This wall of water is now being released by the dam and is heading towards Brisbane," says Mr Duncan.
A total of 370mm of rain has fallen in the area in just five days....

The average rainfall for Brisbane over a record from 1840 - 1994 is 159.6 mm.  (click here)

The mean for January is 159.6 mm and Brisbane received 370 mm in five days due to a deluge of water.  It stressed its infrastructure completely and challenged its dams.


China needs to pay attention.  The Three Gorges Dam has to be managed exceptionally well in this climate.

Brisbane not only had a ridiculously high amount of rainfall, it is completely unchararcteristic of the area in the last thirty years.  The mean in the last thirty years in Brisbane has been well below average.  Australia has been in drought conditions.

The Climate Crisis and fiscally challenged governments is not a good combination.

When meterologists glibbly state, "It is La Nina."  WITHOUT explaining the Climate Crisis dynamics along with it, they are dead wrong.

...But according to climate researcher David Karoly (click title to entry - thank you) from the University of Melbourne, the strong La Niña isn’t solely responsible for this year’s heavy Australian rainfall. The sea surface temperatures around Australia, rather than just its northeastern region, also contribute to the rains in Queensland, he says.

“What gives very heavy rainfall is high Indian Ocean temperatures and La Niña in the Pacific,” Karoly explains. “This year we have both of those, and both are at record highs.”...

There is nothing here, but, an angry young man loosening his associations while preparing an act of violence.

...He sang to himself in the library. (click title to entry - thank you) He spoke out of turn. And in an act the college finally decided merited his suspension, he made a bizarre posting on YouTube linking the college to genocide and the torture of students.
“This is my genocide school,” the narrator on the video said, describing the college as “one of the biggest scams in America.” “We are examining the torture of students,” the narrator said.
The documents offer vivid firsthand accounts of Mr. Loughner’s contacts with law enforcement officials in the months leading up to the shootings, and will inevitably be studied closely for answers to whether the college did everything it could have, and should have, with him....

Anti-social behavior, seemingly strange and unexplained behavior that is attention seeking and bold, confronting authorities, confronting police, etc.  The school is lucky he didn't cut loose in a classroom which is why there was a new committee set up.

He practiced with guns, he had at least one friend. 

Sorry.  He is not craxy.

...Many acquaintances and friends and fellow students at the college have talked about his outbursts and inappropriate behavior. The reports describe how Mr. Loughner behaved when confronted or questioned about his actions, and the images and perceptions that officers from the college’s Department of Public Safety recorded show a mixture of behaviors, by turns odd, belligerent or silent and removed, sometimes all in the same encounter....

He was a very disturbing individual.  Obviously.  If he could have been arrested I am confident the police would have done it.  He was smart, he knew how far to go.  He didn't want his plans messed up.  It sounds to me as though he was ready to die for his cause.   He was simply preparing to do so in the only way he knew how.  I couldn't be more sincere and I am not one that favors the death penalty either.

One other thing.  There is nothing at this point that says 'his will' was cast in iron.  He could have easily gone through a complete turn around and simply walked away with gross embarassment with his peers.  I am sure his friends were 'calling him' on his attitude and his behavior in hopes he would do exactly that. 

HE WASN'T A LEADER OF A PACK, either.

...At one point, Mr. Loughner said he had paid for his classes illegally, according to Mr. Conover, and when pressed he said, “I did not pay with gold and silver.” Mr. Conover said that throughout the meeting, “Jared held himself very rigidly and smiled overtly at inappropriate times.”...

That is an integrated part of the Right Wing value system.  DON'T TRUST THE COUNTRY'S CURRENCY.

...After an incident in February 2010 in which Mr. Loughner blurted out in a poetry class that dynamite ought to be attached to babies, a campus police officer wrote, “I suggested they keep an eye on him and call us if anything else developed that concerned them.”...

Ah, yes.  Where have I heard this before?

Poetry class.  Yep.

Thank you, Tucson for showing us the way. A city of remarkable people.

The Tucson newspaper, "The Citizen" is providing coverage of the events surrounding this tragedy. 

They would like people to bookmark the page and refer to it for updates and news to follow the progress of their community and news of the survivors.

The bookmark might have been just for this evening, but, I am sure The Tucson Citizen will be reporting on updates about events and progress.  They seem like a well engaged eommunity.  It makes sense to check in from time to time.

...So bookmark this page (click title to entry - thank you) and return here frequently for the latest on this historic night honoring the dead, the injured and the spirit of community that is enveloping Tucson.

The President needs to propose a bill, maybe in his State of the Union Address, named after the Christina Green or Tucson or the victims.  There needs to be a gun bill to make this outrageous act of violence.

The House Repuglicans aren't interested in having any more deaths of Democratic US Congresswomen from guns ended

As a matter of fact, the House Repuglicans won't be looking to change a thing.

...Rep. Peter King (R-L.I.), (click title to entry - thank you) chairman of the Homeland Security Committee, said Tuesday that he'd introduce a new bill that bars anyone from carrying a gun within 1,000 feet of a federal official.
He believes the legislation could have prevented the Jan. 8 Arizona shootings that killed six and injured more than a dozen people, including Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.).
Brad Dayspring, a spokesman for Rep. Cantor told the Daily News majority leader is against the proposed legislation.
"The proposal wouldn't have prevented this tragedy, or other mentally unstable individuals or criminals from committing horrific acts," said Dayspring.
Boehner's spokesman, Michael Steel, told The Hill that the speaker, too, was against the measure....

Representative King's bill would have an effect, BUT, it requires security personnel to be in attendance at every rally where elected government representatives appeared.  If there isn't ENFORCEMENT 'on site' it isn't going to mean much.

So, the 'idea' of small government and reducing essential services to people including police and firemen isn't important to House Repuglicans.  I doubt anyone in the Senate Republican chambers care about the topic much either.

The House wants to get on with its political agenda of bashing President Obama and all the other mess they value.  Don't expect 'reason' to come out of anything the House does.  It won't happen.  Not this year or next. 

"Reload"

Sharon Angle!

There are times when words convey a message that is understood without explicit directions.  Those words, "Relaod" and Angel's calling for the Second Amendment to take meaning falls just short of calling for assassination and violence.  Or does it?

According to David Frum, a man I usually regard as important with important things to say stated, the gunman was dillusional and saw things.  If that were the case then the government would have no case and there would NOT be charges of ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION.  I mean for real here, whom was the gunman shooting the Devil and his fellow devils?  The gunman knew exactly whom his target was and why.

Hannity is screaming the Pima County Sheriff is nothing but corrupt and covert and political for NOT releasing records.  Could it be that the prosecution is concerned about having too much 'case information' in the media and ruining a chance at a good jury pool?  Does Hannity want the gunman to walk free before the jury even is picked or convenes?  How convenient he can call it corruption when it is nothing but good practice.

The Right Wing Pundits have a lot of problems and I suggest they wok on it.

Let's make this real clear, there wouldn't even be a trial if the gunman was certifible and considered insane.  There are REAL LIFE charges against him, try to get your minds around it and WHY !

The guy wasn't 'certified' and there is a reason for it.

His lifestyle choices allowed him to plan the assassination, carry it out and formulate a priority for anyone surrounding his primary target.

There are schizoid and schizo-affective disorders that would benefit from medication but aren't certifiable.

He is not an atheist either.  Atheism is very different than believing in NOTHING.

He was a killer by choice with a mission for his priorities and he did it without supervision. 

He acted in a manner he felt was necessary for reasons that are dominated by the 'tone' of the country.  If this guy 'get off' on 'sanity' charges it will be a miscarriage of justice.  Anyone that can be autonomous in acting to kill isn't insane regardless of how dysfunctional they may be.

He attended classes, kept a schedule and knew that guns destroyed life.  He understood what he was doing.

Okay, nobody is going to like this entry. Too bad.

The text is from the New York Times.

...The account by Mr. Loughner’s friend, a rare extended interview with someone close to Mr. Loughner in recent years, added some details to the emerging portrait of the suspect and his family.
“He was a nihilist and loves causing chaos, and that is probably why he did the shooting, along with the fact he was sick in the head,” said Zane Gutierrez, 21, who was living in a trailer outside Tucson and met Mr. Loughner sometimes to shoot at cans for target practice....

...Mr. Gutierrez said his friend had become obsessed with the meaning of dreams and their importance. He talked about reading Friedrich Nietzsche’s book “The Will To Power” and embraced ideas about the corrosive, destructive effects of nihilism — a belief in nothing....

Believing in NOTHING is what allows the belief in ANYTHING.

It is why science has no meaning to people that find it 'inconvenient' to their profit margins.  There is APPLICATION of Nihilism in real life and it is practiced in a way that DEPERSONALIZES values structures to allow the intrusion of the 'unprovable' but 'plausible.

Example:  Birthers, 911 Truthers, Self Righteous, etc.

It is where myth lives and deception by and of the desperate PROVIDES a venue to escape the values of a 'Mainstream' society. 

After a sincere tragedy to a society that occurred in 2008, which is exampled in the Great Depression, people are desperate to 'gain control' and they grasp at any plausible reason to achieve 'an end.'  Complete demoralization of Americans occur when they are placed in poverty after achieving promised goals by a society.  ANY method of belief that will bring them out of their poverty 'state' or any method of belief that they BELIEVE will bring them BACK their promises will take hold.

Demoralizing a segment of a nation of people that have not only 'lost' their 'power' but also believe they are the only 'real answer' to their own promises will result in all kinds of mess in 'belief systems' JUSTIFIED by believing in the supernatural or God while achieving a 'spiritual reformation' of those that surround them.

In other words, the spirituality of 'the new truth' will provide the moral content to bring about a shift in values on 'human levels' while providing the 'psyche' the needed relief in believing it is 'wholesome' and 'good.'

If science challenges and disproves the belief system that provides the 'new venue' of 'power' it will be dismissed as inaccurate and hideous.  Experts that 'believe' in 'the new profit' of the 'new paradigm' will 'find' enough evidence to provide a basis of 'faux realtiy.'

There is only one 'main stream' party in Washington, DC that embraces those that are de-ranged to the American Social Fabric and they had to approach and agree with Nihilism to achieve their majority in the House.   They know it "W"rong and they continue down that path anyway.   Why?

Loughner is a PRODUCT of the society he lived in whereby violence and death is the ultimate solution to removing social fabric to a NEW PARADIGM of belief that will 'bring back' comfort.  This extremism was going to happen when a political tone in the USA demanded it. 

The fact he obtained weapons and used them should be no surprise to LIMITED government and less regulation.  Governments across the USA, either local or state or federal are all stressed beyond their capacity and this IS the result.  Government is vital to a civilized society and without it people LIVE BY THE GUN.  Who's philosophy is that and why is HALF of the USA opposed to it?

A major media enterprise with global reach embrassed Nihilism and did it for POLITICAL PROFITS.  The ODDS were this would occur and would escalate if EXPLAINED AWAY 'as a nut case.'  He is not an isolated incident and nobody from my side of the street believes it is.

What seemed like insanity is very, very EXPLAINABLE.

In some corners the media is having a difficult time BEING journalists.

One of the problems media sometimes runs into is peer review.  The press has a variety of view points and therefore, the 'TRUE' 'experience of the story is sometimes left in the dust of reporting a story accurately and CORRECTLY.  

...Giffords, a three-time Democrat, (click title to entry - thank you) remained in critical condition at Tucson's University Medical Center since Saturday when she was shot during a meeting with constituents outside a grocery store. The attack killed six and injured 14 others. Six remained hospitalized.
Giffords previously raised two fingers with her left hand and gave a thumbs-up when responding to doctors' verbal commands.
Although her condition has remained virtually unchanged the past few days, doctors were hopeful.
``She has a 101 percent chance of surviving,'' said trauma chief Dr. Peter Rhee said. ``She will not die. She does not have that permission from me....

I don't make entries on this blog from a vacuum as some journalists might.  I interact with other people, both conservative and liberal and everyone in between. 

When the Right Wing reports on a story that 'taints' their image they always retreat into WHAT CAN BE PROVED as if that is the ONLY truth in the matter.  And lie.  Man, oh, man, do they lie.  When they report on a story viewed to enhance their image there is all kinds of hubris stated.

Politics is a culture.  It has depth and meaning beyond the simple facts.  Politics measures the impact of events as well as acting on the facts.  I am finding pure unadulterated denial as to the impact of POLITICAL SPEECH on the tensions of the country and the promotion of violence.

There are measurable standards of violence and its tolerance in the USA.  Measurable.  While there isn't documented proof of the violence surrounding this attempted assassination and murders, it is palpable in the society of the USA across all boundaries.  It is completely remiss and irresponsible to go forward in proposing legislation and otherwise to completely ignore the SOCIAL TONE of Political Speech (including symbolism) surrounding these deaths and injuries and the injured.  Negligent is to ignore the IMPACT of the cultural violence within the Right Wing of this country's political system. 

When I 'measure' myself when I write in relation to the facts and how that PLAYS OUT in the real world cultures it is with the knowledge of how I view the world as compared to others.  Nowhere in my interactions of the past two days has anyone stated to me this was a purely isolated incident, nor did they state it was NOT linked to the hatred, bigotry and violent culture of the Right Wing Political Party.

There are aspects of culture (human interaction) that aren't made of 'matter' and documented, but, are certainly in the 'firmament.'

Now, if the media wants to service the USA in a meaningful way they need to understand they are short changing the citizens by simply being a 'steering committee' to what can be proved from a legal point of view.  See, that is why the human being citizens of the USA are grossly different than the CORPORATE SPEECH so widely valued by the Right Wing.  Humans think and have emotions that bring a depth of understanding to their JUDGEMENTS in life.  The brain is a biochemical organ and NOT a computer.  It matters.  Corporations are unable to emotionally react and only have policies, products and profit and loss.  So, when it comes to meaningfully legislation; the changes that have to take place in the USA regarding guns and political speech; it better work and it better be comprehensive.  I am 'flyin' tired of 'mind speak' to suit Wall Street while citizens fall by the wayside in bended knee to the corrupt Right Wing facilitated by an imtimidated and intimidating press.

And I don't care what the POLLS say.  Keeping the citizens and their leadership safe is NOT a popularity vote !

Should Secretary Gates assessment be of concern? Yes and no.

The North Korean leader, Kim Jong-il (left), talks to the Chinese president, Hu Jintao, during a visit to China in May. Photograph: KCNA/EPA

With the signing of START with Russia there is every reason for Asia to believe the USA sincerely wants nuclear non-proliferation to increase while recognizing the deadly potential that a nuclear Korean Peninsula holds for everyone, not just the USA.

Do I believe China will hand North Korea intercontinental ballistic missile technology?

No.

Do I believe the North Koreans are capable of such weaponry? 

Maybe.  To date the long range and even short range missiles escapes the capacity of North Korea.  The real question is Iran and whether or not their technology is for sale to North Korea and other and will they sell that technology?  Will Iranian technology be enough to reach the USA?  It isn't to date.

Am I concerned about China having stealth technology?  Not entirely.  If China is more confident about protecting its borders and interest in Taiwan and can offer North Korea reassurances that they are safe within their alliance with China, then the entire global community is better served.  I see China's advanced technology as a measure to added global security, to a greater degree than not.  If China is a nation to contend with then Asia will be in a position from 'strength' rather than economic domination.  The paradigm changes and the likelihood of a greater peace and the advancement of non-proliferation will increase.

Countries with advanced weaponry don't have to negotiate any treaty as a means of peace if they outclass those they are negotiating with.  If China is a stronger nation, North Korea will be less likely to continue to fear the USA and its alliance with South Korea.  Then perhaps, North Korea will finally be open to discussing disarming the peninsula completely. 

However, the security China can offer North Korea isn't the entire picture.  The North Korean economy is still very stressed to support its people.

While the USA is correct to be protective of South Korea and its alliance with Japan and trade relations with Taiwan; I believe there is more 'breathing room' in regards to these assessments than one might initially think.  While any news of escalating armaments is a concern, the 'balance' to that gets more interesting when one realizes the ultimate assessment is 'balance of power' makes nuclear war very unlikely. 

I believe a stronger China, a more agile China will create a greater dynamic to peace and internal economic growth of China that will not be threatened by a stronger USA manufacturing sector as our small businesses reclaim our economy.

Defense is defense.  Aggression is an entirely different story.  I don't view China as an aggressor nation.  I believe they can be a strong partner in disarming the Korean Peninsula and bringing stability to the region.

Today, North Korea has no clear assurances its only ally could actually stop an invasion by the USA or South Korea, which explains why they are always moving toward nuclear weapons while depriving their nation from improving their standard of life for their people.

...Gates' remarks about North Korea signaled that the United States has grown increasingly concerned about a regime whose only major supporter in the region is China. While Gates said that he had thanked Hu for helping to rein in Pyongyang, which had a series of standoffs last year with U.S. ally South Korea, he made clear that he sees potential for the problem to escalate.
"With the North Koreans' continuing development of nuclear weapons and their development of intercontinental ballistic missiles, North Korea is becoming a direct threat to the United States, and we have to take that into account," said Gates, according to The Associated Press.
He added: "I don't think it's an immediate threat, but on the other hand I don't think it's a five-year threat."
There's no public evidence that North Korea has developed the sort of nuclear warhead that could be delivered by such missiles. However, the prospect of North Korean intercontinental ballistic missiles - nuclear or otherwise - would likely transform the American posture toward the North and sharply reduce patience for Beijing's continued calls for more understanding with Pyongyang....

The Right Wing is culpable. Not only culpable, but, lying to hide it.

Oh, by the way, I sincerely believe the gunman intended to kill any eyewitnesses, that is why the redundancy in bullets, and walk away without a care.  I could be wrong I suppose.  But, then why kill so many with intention to continue to kill?

He was, no doubt, prepared to kill any police that responded, too.

Where it gets really ludicrous...

WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 10: U.S. President Barack Obama and first lady Michele Obama bow their heads as they participate in a moment of silence to honor those killed and wounded during a shooting in Tucson, Arizona on January 10, 2011 in Washington, DC. President Barack Obama called on the nation to observe a moment of silence today at 11:00am in honor of those killed and wounded during a shooting rampage in Tucson, Arizona, where six people were killed and wounding atleast 13 others including Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ). Getty Images

...is that citizens in every country should carry weapons to defend themselves.  Of course that elimiantes the need for police.  Of course, smaller government.

But, all one has to do is look to Mexico and realize what exactly happens when guns run like water in the street.

Corruption and gangs.  After awhile, in a society GOVERNED BY GUNS and not laws, the 'idea' of gangs take on a real comforting feeling.

And, of course, when one travels the allowance of guns in their suitcase isn't allowed, so why travel outside any homeland?

Dorothy Morris

Phyllis Schneck

Why isn't the Assault Weapon Ban in place? Because the NRA propaganda works. That's why. So, what else is new about the Plutocracy?

The Assualt Weapons BAN would have prevented the attempted assassination of a US Congresswomen.

It didn't take guns to stop him. The NRA is dead "W"rong. Guns are about money, NOT, safety.

The transformation to a skin head / neo-nazi must have been interesting.  The Right Wing should take a good look at their foot soldiers, now, talk to them.

Gun control doesn't work because the goal is NOT to control guns, it is to sell guns.

Why is it that every gunman always believes he is smarter than those he intends to kill?

It was a woman and two men, at least one a senior citizen that stopped the PLANNED assault. 

Every gunman that believes he can change the world believes it because of 'the feeling' of superiority the gun gives them.  Why is it everyone believes those with a gun wins?  Why is it that a gun is veiwed as a valuable weapon on the streets of the USA? 

Why?

Why is that?

Why is the propaganda of the NRA to instill a sense of needing a gun in order to protect from those that use guns? 

It takes one bullet to kill.  One.  Congresswoman Gifford survived her attempted assassination because the gunman put the gun point blank to her head.  The velocity at point blank range insured the bullet would pass through her quuickly.  Why do people survive suicide attempts when they shoot themselves through the mouth? 

The gunman had no training.  He had ACCESS.  He didn't know what he was doing would kill.  He only BELIEVED he could kill so long as he owned and used the gun.

Someone I know is a judge in North Carolina.  This judge knows my views on guns.  Knows I would no sooner own one than value them. 

This judge is familiar with guns, fires guns in a gun range and stated to me, "But have you ever fired one?"

Supposedly if I fire one I will come to understand the 'feeling' one gets by firing a gun.

Supposedly I actually will be 'enriched' by firing a gun.

I don't think so.

"That feeling" one gets when firing a gun is a 'feeling of power.'  I have all the power I need in my life and the reason people in the USA carry handguns is because they are afraid of the rights EXERTED by the NRA's interpretation of the Second Amendment.

Six people dead by a CONVERT to the Right Wing and no gun law is going to end this idiocy.  Gun laws have been modified and modified and modified again after every tragedy that happens in the USA.

HAS IT STOPPED THE KILLING ?

Now we can add a nine year old to the list.

Dead ... Christina-Taylor Green was a student council member eager to meet her congresswoman.

...Her mother, Roxanna, (click title to entry - thank you) told The Arizona Star: "She was born back east. September 11 affected everyone there and Christina-Taylor was always very aware of it. She was very patriotic and wearing red, white and blue was really special to her.''
Her mother said her daughter was aware of the inequities in the world. "She was all about helping people and being involved. It's so tragic. She went to learn today and then someone with so much hatred in their heart took the lives of innocent people."
Christina-Taylor's father, John Green, told the newspaper his daughter had just been elected to the student council at Mesa Verde Elementary School and had been interested in politics....

The other five were:

The Giffords aide was identified as Gabe Zimmerman, her community outreach director; the 30-year-old was engaged to be married.

U.S. District Judge John Roll, 63, the chief judge for the District of Arizona, was killed while apparently attending a public appearance by Giffords outside a Safeway store north of Tucson, U.S. Marshall David Gonzales confirmed to the Associated Press.

The other victims include Dorwin Stoddard, 76, Dorthy Murray, 76, and Phyllis Schneck, 79.

The death by shooting of a state Democratic Chairperson isn't politically motivated? Really.

...The state chairman (click title to entry - thank you)  of the Arkansas Democratic party was shot and killed today at his Little Rock office by an assailant who later died after being shot by police.
Democratic chairman Bill Gwatney was attacked by a man who insisted on speaking with him before firing three shots and fleeing, according to local media reports. Gwatney was taken to the hospital after his secretary made an emergency call from a nearby flower shop, but he later died of his wounds....

I guess the shooter thought he was robbing a candy store, huh?

The killing of "Liberal Values."

...A man who shot (click title to entry - thank you) and killed two parishioners during a children's play at a Tennessee church yesterday attacked the congregation because of its outspoken socially liberal and gay-friendly beliefs, police said....

Oh, it is just an random act of violence ENFORCED by hate speech of Right Wing Politics.

No Conspiracy, JUST FACT.

Richard Poplawski, the murderer of there Philadelphia police can be directly connected to the rantings at Murdoch's Media.

...An ADL (click title to entr - thank you) investigation has revealed that Poplawski, the man charged with killing three Pittsburgh police officers on April 4, 2009, was an increasingly troubled young man who exhibited growing rage against racial minorities, Jews, the government, and police....

They are always 'trouble' men with the SAME TROUBLE !

Political connections denied. Just another 'nut case.'

Bombing Suspect Eric Robert Rudolph Captured  (click title to entry - thank you)

MURPHY, NORTH CAROLINA - JUNE 2: Multiple bombing suspect Eric Robert Rudolph, center, is escorted by law enforcement officials from the Cherokee County Courthouse and Jail in Murphy, N.C., June 2, 2003, to a Federal court hearing in Asheville, N.C. Heavy security was present after the arrest of long-time bombing suspect Eric Robert Rudolph earlier in the day. Rudolph, is a suspect in at least three bombings, including the 1996 Olympic Park bombing in Atlanta.