The Republicans had focused on Commandos in Italy for enforcing the idea of a "Weak Commander and Chief."

...The Pentagon had no forces (click here) that could be readily sent to Benghazi when the crisis unfolded. The closest AC-130 gunship was in Afghanistan. There are no armed drones thought to be within range of Libya. There was no Marine expeditionary unit — a large seaborne force with its own helicopters — in the Mediterranean Sea. The Africa Command, whose area of operation includes North Africa, also did not have on hand its own force able to respond rapidly to emergencies — a Commanders’ In-Extremis Force, or C.I.F. Every other regional combatant command had one at the time....

OBAMA FIDDLED AS BENGHAZI BURNED (click here) – President Refused to Call in Troops From Italy One Hour Away

Posted by Jim Hoft on Wednesday, October 24, 2012, 9:12 AM

The attack on the Obama Administration by Republicans was about politics, so if they pretend to actually be interested in reinforcing the security of State Department Assets; it is a lie. Let's get that straight first. It was Secretary Clinton insisting on an official investigation.

I am sure the recommendations made since the four deaths regarding security of State Department Assets by Secretary Clinton are more than adequate in updating the security protocols. The severeness of the report proves beyond a shadow of a doubt Secretary Clinton was serious about exposing failures within State Department security.

That is respect for human life, by the way. Not politics. She wanted all failures to be exposed to benefit the people within her responsibility and those in the future. Her priorities in ordering this investigation is above reproach.

That said.

There is a truth not identified in the Pickering Report. The diplomatic mission in Benghazi was premature. The consulate in Tripoli was the correct focus for USA involvement. The Benghazi issue was sincerely more the need of a military instillation than a consulate of any kind and the USA within NATO was not going to put troops on the ground. Libya isn't that large a country and there were not that many Americans in the country to justify two consulates.

Even today, I don't understand Ambassador Christopher's willingness to be in Benghazi knowing he was at risk.

There were also many, many unknowns in Benghazi, Libya. The militias were still active in the country and the central government, although established with help of the USA State Department (Secretary Clinton recognized those authorities very early into the Libya Revolution), was still struggling with the incorporation of militias into their military. Basically, Libya was a very dangerous place. Even today the current government is finding it difficult to function well enough.

Dozens of protesters, both civilians and former rebel fighters, shut down parliament ahead of latest cabinet vote. (click here)

Last Modified: 31 Oct 2012 14:22

Protesters have stormed Libya's national assembly, forcing the cancellation of a vote on a proposed coalition government named by the country's new prime minister, just hours earlier.

Fewer than 100 people, made up of civilians and former rebel fighters, charged into the meeting hall of the General National Congress  on Tuesday as it voted on Ali Zeidan's cabinet line-up, which was drawn from both liberal and Islamist parties.

In chaotic televised scenes, with the protesters unhappy with some of the nominations, congress members persuaded them to leave.

Voting then briefly resumed before being interrupted a second time, prompting congress leader Mohammed Magarief to announce the session was postponed to Wednesday.

"Let it be known to all Libyans and to the whole world what conditions we are working in, " Magarief said....

At least the protesters are former rebel fighters. I think that might be reason for hope. The current President was once a Benghazi resident.

I am not at all sure, the USA has ever had a mission in a country as unstable as Libya immediately after a revolution. This was a fresh as diplomatic ground gets. I hope the report is instructive to the State Department in handling it's responsibility toward it's Ambassadors, regardless, of their own priorities and demands for influence within any country. Ambassador Stevens was too willing to enter a dangerous country. And Libya was and is still very dangerous. He did so while believing he could trust the people and the benevolence of their new freedom. There is a level of naive willingness to face danger without the benefit of sincere security which needs to be restructured among our ambassadors.

I doubt the late Richard Holbrooke would be so willing to expose a mission to such instability. He would balance the need for involvement with realizing the value of living to make a difference.

Ambassador Stevens is a profound loss within our State Department. He will be missed. To that reality our diplomatic corp needs to value themselves far more than the willingness to make a difference. 

We need ambassadors, not martyrs.

The Ambassador Stevens of the world are few and far between. He could not afford to allow his death out of frustration with lack of his personal security. He should have been mad as hell about any safety compromise inhibiting his mission. Maybe. Just maybe if the State Department is mad as hell often enough their budget demands may even be honored.

Speaker Boner is a bit out of step with the rest of the nation.

He is talking about protecting the wealthy while the rest of the nation mourns the loss of children, teachers and administrators.

I don't take him seriously. He is running for Speaker. That is all this is. Until he is sincerely talking about the issues the nation have as priority I can't take him seriously.

I also hold not anticipation to hear from the NRA. They have blood on their hands, why would I consider anything they say important? They have assaulted the Social Contract of the USA for the purpose of corruption while seeking power through politics. I don't really care what the NRA thinks of this tragedy. To think they are actually important to hear from is offensive all by itself.

The Right Wing needs to return to reality and soon.

I am fairly sure I stated, the flag at half-mast "Was a good beginning." I haven't heard a word about gun control from the Speaker. Symbolism is fine, but, it doesn't mean a darn thing if it isn't followed up with respect.

Action speaks far louder than words. The Speaker is insincere and it shows.

Nancy Lanza was a victim of the gun lobby no different than her son.

She was a gun owner for its populous beliefs. I don't have to know her to know where her passion for guns came from. It is a perverse belief system outside the realm of possibility.

My youngest son was a very challenged child and young man. His strengths were very high, but, his weaknesses in learning were profound. He received significant help during all his learning years. His story has a happy ending.

When he was a young child, I would sit in front of him and spin a top to engage his attention. The top was a whistling top, very colorful and he loved to watch it. He was very challenged. His greatest gift and strength was his older brother and my insistence he be considered a normal child from his birth. He modeled his behavior after his older brother and I rewarded his NORMAL behavior with lost of rewards.

His rewards enhanced his brothers quality of life,too. We studied whales and whale song and all kinds of sea creatures during his early years. He eventually would seek a college education in marine biology, but, he would instead establish himself in a privately owned taxi service.

The boys were frequently rewarded for their behavior as wonderful sons. We went to Disney World, the Space Center and Sea World. The boys loved their trips to places of fantasy and critical thinking. They are wonderful sons yet today.

They also had a GI Joe Aircraft Carrier. It was set up in the living room every winter when playing outside was challenging because it actually got cold then and playtime was limited to what they could tolerate in their snow suits. My older son today is a successful business professional and gun enthusiast. He and his spouse conceal carry. They are sickened with what happened in Connecticut. They do not own a single assault weapon.

My younger son rejects the idea of private gun ownership even as a taxi driver that has seen the death of peers due to violence. The violence his peers have experienced wasn't with guns, it was with knives across the throat and reckless and drunk drivers on the road.

Due to my youngest son, his leadership among independent taxi owners has created a close and successful relationship with law enforcement. The legitimate taxi owners now have a safe zone in the city with a 'taxi stand.'

The tender ages of my sons were met with masculine play and tempered with compassion for life. Wildlife was valued and the outdoors were very important. What lacks in the video game industry is the way they base their enthusiasm in self defense and killing. The games are not tempered in 'real world' compassion and 'belonging.' My sons had video games like, Mario Brothers, Burger Time and games that created 'self' competition to achieve a 'personal best.' They wrecked race cars and hit baseballs and flew jets at their state of the art control console, but, they never were soldiers killing other people with a gun of any type.

My oldest son does currently own a sophisticated gaming system with fantastic panorama where his friends can log in to defeat enemies in battle. Today he is a thirty something and can discern the difference of sincere danger from fantasy. The chat that goes on when he and an online friend fail is interesting. They blame each other and joke about inefficiencies to victory. He never views himself as powerful as a lone wolf or successful without his friends. He practices alone to be a better partner 'online' to his group(s). He is not obsessed with online gaming either. This is recreation that has time scheduled when his friends can participate.

Both the boys are social creatures. My youngest have my four grandchildren. He is a great and dedicated father. Those children simply love him and celebrate him everyday.

Do I think Ms. Lanza did it "W"rong. Yes. But, she paid the ultimate price for her loyalty to the gun lobby and right wing extremism.

The Interstate Commerce Law allowing the shipment of gun sales across state lines is to increase competition in the cost of guns to consumers to bring down prices to those that will ultimately purchase ammunition and increase profits to gun manufacturers. There should be absolutely no Interstate Commerce of guns and ammunition. It provides for a free for all for Governors, the National Guard and ultimately the national security of the nation.

There is real profit in 'numbers of guns sold.' The profit in competition between states will be absorbed by the middle man, the gun shop. It will cause closure of small gun shops that cannot compete with places like Wall Street's Cabela's. Places like Cabela's can absorb gun sale losses with the sale of other goods. Guns "Bring them in." These Interstate Commerce laws will reduce commerce in any state and cause an increase in unemployment.

The Interstate Commerce of guns adds a lot of problems to each state in their legislation and enforcement. It will eventually homogenize the nation into one set of gun sales laws. It actually removes States Rights on the basis of a well armed and CONTROLLED militia.

This circus needs to stop.

It is amazing. In the case of Michigan, Canada should be chiming in on this one. The state shares the Great Lakes and borders where security is a real issue.

Teachers should be armed in classrooms?

What next, the students, including those under 18 years old? Where does it stop at five year olds? Or the pre-school four year olds?

Liberal gun laws are ridiculous to consider. Turning classrooms into gun show downs should never be part of the job description. The Gun Lobby is completely out of control and their politicians are now dangerous in backing the Gun Lobbyists.

Snyder's veto is basically worthless and increases the opportunity for gun violence in schools.

...While the governor rejected Senate Bill 59,(click here) he did sign two other bills that streamline the process for handgun purchases and eliminate restrictions on interstate rifle and shotgun transactions to states contiguous to Michigan.

Snyder's veto primarily is based on the bill's failure to let designated public entities such as schools, day care centers and hospitals opt out of the new concealed carry provisions. Currently, Michigan law does not prevent a concealed pistol license holder from openly carrying a pistol in these zones.

Snyder had urged that SB 59 be modified to more significantly restrict pistols in those zones by prohibiting open-carry in such places, in exchange for allowing only concealed pistols to be carried if license holders receive additional training - subject to the right of the property owners to prohibit concealed carrying if they desire. Under the bill as passed, only private venues can opt out, as can college universities with constitutional autonomy....

A challenge to the Interstate Commerce of guns and rifles need to be filed against the State of Michigan.

Snyder is allowing concealed carry in sensitive areas where children are present from open carry to concealed carry with "Special Training." The special training will be an increase in the cost of owning a gun, but, that never stops them. Concealed carry for licensed individuals allows more guns in an area where there should be NONE.

This is how the gun lobby works. First they demand open carry where guns were prohibited and then they continue to erode the safety of the public for the benefit of their perverse sense of owning guns and some kind of Second Amendment rights. They are hideous, secretive in their agenda and insidious in their methodology to corrupt the social contract between Americans.

Michael Moore - Bowling For Columbine (2002)- Movie-U.S. Government CREA...

Oscar carries a sword. So, tell me when a documentarian is awarded an Oscar for his work, does that mean he is a soldier for the truth and the integrity of his countrymen?

I strongly suggest the USA Military purchase the shares of The Bushmaster Company.

While some Wall Street companies are taking responsible changes to their stocking and selling of these very dangerous weapons, there are still companies such as Cabela's (click here) putting everything on sale for Christmas. Imagine that.

Regular Price: $729.00 - $1099.99
Sale Price: $729.99 - $1039.99

The Bushmaster AR-15 is not simply one particular gun. It is a generic for several types of guns.

Bushmaster Firearms AR-15 Rifles

Huge selection of firearms based on Bushmaster’s AR-15

Renowned for performance, reliability and innovation

Models for hunting, competition, home defense and tactical use

All backed by Bushmaster’s warranty

Home defense and tactical use. That makes sense? The multi-tasking gun. I suppose for that price, even on sale, it better, huh?

Tactical use. We actually have people in the USA seeking to use their personal weapons for tactical use. Really? Isn't that illegal? Tactical. That's like planning on killing police officers and assaulting the government. Wow.

Cerberus Capital Management is selling it. It would secure the nation if the USA military took possession of it to produce weapons for our military to our specifications and not theirs. Basically, they need to be retooled to serve the aspect of reality where it is appropriate. It is best the USA secure it's borders from purchasers from Mexico or worse.

Alec MacGillis
December 18, 2012 | 3:51 pm

Looking for a last-minute Christmas present (click here) for that special person on your list? How about Freedom Group, the maker of the Bushmaster rifle used in the shootings in Newtown, Connecticut? Cerberus Capital Management, a major New York private equity firm,. announced today that it is putting its controlling stake in Freedom Group up for sale. The Cerberus executives are no squeamish liberals. Its founder and CEO, Stephen A. Feinberg, is an avid hunter. Its executives have contributed hundreds of thousands of dollars in recent years to Republican candidates, including Ben Quayle, whose father, the former vice president, serves on Cerberus' board. But apparently, the firm decided that the elementary-school massacre was just too large a blot on Freedom Group. It surely doesn't help that Feinberg's father lives in Newtown....

The only possibly is for a vulture capitalist, such as Bain and the new Bain Group that Romney is entertaining needs to do something decent for a change and actually shut down a company with products ancient and archaic.

The government should be able to monitor the sales of these companies and see to it they are not sold to any interest that will unleash it's power on the people of the USA again.

Secretary Clinton stated the USA recognizes the Syrian Rebels as a stable authority. It would seem to be the case.

By Carol Morello and Debbi Wilgoren

Updated: Tuesday, December 18, 1:45 PM

ANTAKYA, Turkey — NBC News correspondent Richard Engel (click here for video) and his four-person crew have been freed unharmed after being kidnapped inside Syria and subjected to five days of forced moves and death threats.

The journalists were released Monday after a gunbattle between their captors and Syrian rebels at a checkpoint manned by the Ahrar al-Sham brigade, NBC said. They crossed safely back into Turkey....

Let me get this right. Concussion can shut down an industry, but, Secretary Clinton should spring back at a moment's notice.

BY JOSEPH A. LAPIN
PACIFIC STANDARD

Each year about four million young athletes play football.(click here) It’s estimated that between 11 and 15 percent of those children get a concussion or mild traumatic brain injury (TBI). According to a 2011 study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, there has been a 60 percent increase in all youth athletes treated for TBI in the past decade.

To combat growing unease among parents and observers, USA Football, the official football development partner of the NFL, created Heads Up Football, a program designed to help reduce head injuries in high-school football. The program has a nice website, videos, and a national advertising campaign. But the main component is making sure children are taught proper tackling technique....

When I think of healing it is emotional and spiritual.

I believe everyone regardless of faith or lack of religious affiliation has a spiritual side. I think of spirituality as the connection between the emotional and cognitive. I believe when emotional trauma is indelibly placed on the survival centers of the brain through biochemical imprint the emotional and spiritual have to go to work to resolve the conflict which cannot and should not be repressed.

If trauma is emotional rather than physical there has to be emotional answers to resolve the feeling to benevolence of the person.

For me the best way for children to heal is to provide safe emotional content to express their feelings and find expression for their 'concerns.' Concerns can be worry, they can be fear, but, basically children can perceive their world differently and have irrational fears in the best of parenting circumstances.

I was once a parent of my young sons. I never underestimated their misunderstanding of life. But, to me for a child to feel safe to express themselves they need to have privacy (even in a room full of others, a child can find privacy of thought and expression) and permission. Drawing, making a work of art through modeling clay or painting provides the emotional connection between emotion and concrete expression. Only when adults understand the concerns of a child can adult(s) begin to communicate effectively and with indulgence. 

A child can cope. They can endear the memory of a loved one forever in memory of benevolence to self. 

Memories are forever and it is okay if emotions come to the surface when those memories are touched in the real world. But, incorporating LOSS in a real way to prolong the love they shared will make them stronger and give them more endurance. Teddy bears sit on a shelf and become thread bare. But, they last forever and all the memories projected into them are always there. Memories are wonderful things and they can be fond memories that never leave even though a loved one has.

The American Red Cross passed out stuffed puppies to all the children at the memorial service. It is also a common denominator between them now. That and the comfort dogs are powerful stuff.

I could not disagree more.

Zachary is being comforted by his Dad. It is his Dad he trusts and seeks. I trust their parents. If parents believe it is time for their children to return to school, then so be it. But, to impose a school schedule in the middle of their healing is counter productive. Healing doesn't happen on demand.

Sandy Hook Shooting Survivors Should Be in School, Need 'Routine,' Psychologist Says (click here)

Returning Routine is such mind speak jargon I can't stand it.

These are not adults that can process their world in a way that is rational. Children need time with their parents to be reassured they are okay and they are going to be okay. They need love and reassurance to feel safe. Masking their fears with routine is counter productive and will cause trauma all by itself. Basically, I don't believe in repressing feelings in children. They are very competent at using their own cognition to rationalize their own reality. They are very smart about their own world.

One of the heroes I witnessed in all this is a group of dogs that do nothing but provide comfort. When those dogs arrived on the scene the children smiled and actually found a great deal of comfort in their animal friends. It is not distraction that heals them, it is comfort and parents are the absolute best people at providing that to their children.

If administrators can't see their way clear to provide a longer CHRISTMAS vacation to the children of Sandy Hook School, then they should provide strolling dogs in the hallways and visiting to classrooms when invited by teachers to allow children to comfort themselves with REAL FEELINGS.

There will be children that will act our their repression today and in the future. They have to resolve their reality, not repress it through the insistence by adults. There will be children that will be overwhelmed by their reality for whatever reason is their own. They will cause interruptions in a classroom causing more feelings of chaos and uncertainty. None of these children should be required to relive that trauma by other children that have poor coping mechanisms and have not had time to heal. Children are a community all by themselves. Ask any bully.

I don't recommend school attendance for these children until after the New Year and they have had time to process this. These are NOT adolescents or teenagers, they are babies in so much of their reality yet.

Art therapy and desired Christmas presents will do wonders.

Concealed Carry doesn't work.

New Town, Connecticut was an example of people ABLE and willing to arm themselves. Every possible freedom the USA Constitution provides was in practice in that town. 

In order for Concealed Carry to work there has to be weapons provided to the citizens by the government, because, there is no EQUITY in the ABILITY to purchase weapons.

Militarizing the citizen is not a peaceful country. Perhaps, the Concealed Carry enthusiasts want New York City to be Syria. I am not interested.

The reason there are Bush Masters in the hands of pretty ladies for their sons to access is because they 'buy into' the idea they can actually prevent their own death by others better armed than them. 

Concealed Carry is fine for people with 'high risk' jobs or positions in life. Lawyers are susceptible to violence by others. They defend people others would like to see dead and lawyers are a target by angry people. There are other professions, but, then lawyers can afford the guns they carry and usually they fit in a brief case. Those that practice Conceal Carry aren't carrying Bush Masters over their shoulder. I doubt seriously they could. There are metal detectors to court houses these days, because, people kill judges. 

The idea guns actually CAN BE a benevolent part of life is one of the most hideous ideation in the USA. Guns are not benevolent by nature. They are dangerous. Anyone owning one or more have a very healthy respect for their power that could be outside the control of the owner. So, owners carry for reasons of personal safety knowing their personal safety is actually compromised by the very instrument they carry.

The President of the United States is REQUIRED to maintain the domestic peace. It is in the job description. 

Y'all sure you want to continue down this path of ? conversation ?

I reject any language in regard to gun control, except, clear concise language.

I've heard such manipulation today of the language surrounding gun control legislation and I reject it all. 

This is not a gun safety issue. This is not about making guns safer. I reject that language. A gun cannot be made safe. The 'safety' on a gun is to protect the operator from actions of the gun without predictability.

The legislation is about control. It is about gun control. 

The conservatives in this country play with words and for a gun control legislation to be called anything but gun control, gun ban and/or ammunition ban is risky language.

The violence in this country will abate and we will put this hideous genie back in the bottle. 

It is inconceivable this has happened. The twisted ideology allowing this country to enter into heinous crimes with a Second Amendment that is suppose to protect lives, liberty and happiness is about as diabolical as it comes. 

The language to the legislation has to be clear and concise. There can be no 'Scalia Broccoli' to come out of this.

There are no words to explain what I think at this moment. Every time I see those faces, the moment is felt to the depth of me. There are just no words.

I could speculate to what brought this shooter and the movie theater shooter to their heinous acts, but, in reflection of the two, there are huge similarities and it has nothing to do with mental health so much as social illness. 

There is more here than mental illness. Society has issues and they need to come to terms with them. Society lacks respect for decency and life and the tolerance of violence a person should be exposed to. 

I look forward to the conclusion of the police investigation, whenever it is finished to the degree they deem complete. I am sorry the town doesn't feel as though the school building is approachable anymore. There are some aspects of this that has to be accepted into memory. It cannot all be wiped away and time does make the daily living easier. I wish them all solace. All those people are going to be dearly missed.

Good night.

Where is PETA when you need them?

The Oregon Zoo recently (click here for video - thank you) announced the birth of a female elephant, but a newspaper investigation revealed the calf actually belongs to a controversial traveling road show that rents out the animals. NBC’s Diana Alvear reports.

It is a what? 

Where?

6:03 AM, Dec 8, 2012

MANSFIELD — An innovative piece (click here) of Mansfield is now part of the Smithsonian National Zoo in Washington, D.C.

Carousel Works, Inc. produced its first solar-paneled ride. The 64-animal carousel was recently installed as part of the zoo’s earth-friendly initiative.

“The Smithsonian wants to make things as green as possible,” said Kate Blakley, the director of marketing and operations at Carousel Works. “They were able to find a local electric company that was willing to donate the solar panels and they asked us to figure out how to make it run by solar power.”

Blakley said the creation took about a year to complete, a bit longer than other carousel projects....

I have a suggestion to a way forward for Sandy Hook Elementary School.

There needs to be some construction. The area where children and their adult protectors died needs to be demolished after the investigation is finished. A new office area and classroom area has to be built at a different part of the school. An addition to the existing structure with different doors and new security for the school. This school sheltered many children to be survivors, it is not an evil place.

In the area where the building is deconstructed a playground should be built. Whether it is a memorial to the victims is up to the town, but, the building is not to blame and the memories there are also good memories.

Just a thought, it would bring the town together to find solace for their deep and painful loss. Perhaps.

I would think Christmas Vacation for the students of this school should start early and perhaps trim the vacation times from other areas of the calendar. Teachers could even provide 'at home' exercises to keep their academics on track. Even 'online classrooms' until the return after the New Year. A lot of construction can take place during that time to provide a renewed view of the school for their parents and children.

Drape (construction drape) the damaged parts of the building and prohibit access except to investigators. Drape the exterior, too. Usually the color is steel gray. I don't know if there are other construction drape colors to match the exterior brick and be less noticeable.

There is every indication these teachers are very dedicated and very creative to fulfill their responsibilities to their students. I would trust them with this transition. They are incredible heroes and children are some of the luckiest to have them to be guides to life and learning.

It is time to get started. No more waiting. No more lives lost. We need to do this.

...On NBC, California's senior senator said her staff has crafted a bill that would "exempt over 900 specific weapons that will not ... fall under the bill.''... (click here)

There is no clash between rural and urban America. That is another myth orchestrated by the opposition. It is time to move forward. We need to do this now.

The reason current laws to minimize the danger to society doesn't work is because the culture of violence overwhelms our law enforcement and prosecutorial proceedings.

Why don't we prosecute those that lie on background checks? Because the prosecutors are busy with murderers and investigators are busy with murders and police are overwhelmed by the amount of fire power on the street and how their body armor helps them make it through the day.

The society within the USA is overwhelmed by guns and the culture of gun violence. What does anyone think it means when I state, "There are too many guns on the street?" It means they are competing for who does the best maintenance on their guns? Does it mean there are too many collectors showing off their weapons and winning ribbons for Best at the Gun Show? 

When I state "There are too many guns on the street," it means the law enforcement agencies, the prosecutors, the jails and the prisons are OVERWHELMED with the culture of gun violence in this country.

The current liberal gun laws in the USA pander to drug dealers. Anyone want to have this conversation or just get on with legislation? The overwhelming reality of the gun culture in this country propagates crime after crime after crime. We are running out of police officers. 

Hey, Mexico is waiting for the next pick-up truck load in exchange for drugs to sell on our streets.

We don't need the conversation. We need legislation and we need it now.

Everyone needs to leave the investigators alone. They are only human.

I could understand pumping authorities for information if they weren't forthcoming or not doing their jobs. That is absolutely not the case here.

The shooter didn't prepare that much, except, in his own fanatical thinking to carry out the killing. His arsenal was in his own home.

His mother had everything in the house he needed. The only opportunity to stop him was when he tried to purchase his own gun and ammunition. When he was rejected it could have been reported to the local police that someone in their community is looking for guns and has been refused access. It could alert local police and investigators to a potential danger that he was looking for guns, but, that has its own shortcomings. Some people without such intent can be refused and they just don't know it.

As far as the shooter's mother. We have seen this before. Gun fanatics have all kinds of powerful weapons and ammunition. If a person is going to practice with powerful weapons at a shooting range the ammunition is very expensive considering the number of bullets delivered to a target in a matter of 60 seconds. So, she well stocked. She bought ammunition whenever she could afford it and possibly if there were lower prices than normal. We know that as soon as this gun community thinks there is going to be restrictions on access to guns and ammunition they are a run on them. I am sure it's going on now.

The shooter didn't have to look far. She probably tried to stop him. He killed her because of whatever was going on in his head. He wanted guns. He wanted to kill for his own reasons.

Unless there is a psychiatrist or councilor somewhere along the way that stated the shooter was planning this and for what reasons, his thoughts that day are buried with him and all those he killed along the way. This is senseless killing. It has no logical conclusion.

This is a tough case on everyone and the investigators are getting through it, but, this isn't easy for anyone. We need the investigators to carry out their responsibilities. They are forthcoming. It isn't necessary to stress them any more than they already are.

There are assumptions that this would have happened if he were able to purchase guns. The rejection could have triggered the anger. If he was autistic and raised as a marksman by his mother, there is nothing to say he was exercising his freedom to protect himself no different than his mother. When he realized he could not be that person he lost his bearings. That is just a guess. There is no way of knowing and not magical thinking is going to change that. That is why as a society we have to put guns in their place. 

I believe there is a great deal of misinformation.

The shooter was not within the authority of any school district. He was 20 years old, so the discussion about how intervention per-Columbine is the way to effect a defeat of the shooter is completely outside the possibility of such intervention.

There were statements about an unconfirmed altercation between the deceased school principal and the deceased shooter the day before the killings. I believe someone is making it up to propose the 'idea' the principal had power that could have stopped the killings. That scenario sounds like an NRA strategist.

Creating myths is the purview of the NRA. It is difficult to confirm events of a deceased individuals.

I am not surprised the social media is taking on a counter culture all itself to justify the idea that guns are safe. They are not.

The shooter is as much a victim of the violent gun culture in the USA. If the guns were not available he could not purchase any.

There is no absolute control of a gun. It is designed to kill. There has never been a gun in the possession of a concealed carry license or permit that actually ended and/or stopped these killings. That reality alone speaks eons to the wrongful existence of guns within the American landscape.

The shooter in Arizona that wounded Gabby Giffords was taken down by the unarmed citizens as a community meeting during the brief period he was reloading.

Looking at some of the pictures of these children my heart aches. They are gorgeous kids that were happy, loved and secure. This can't happen again. Guns are out of control in the USA. We can't even stop them from migrating out of our borders on a daily basis. 

It is the guns, not the people.

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