While the NRA Congressional Payoffs lay down cover for the organization.

By Eugene Robinson, Published: March 28
...Lanza was outfitted like a commando, with guns and ammo clips engineered to kill the maximum number of people in the minimum amount of time. There were other weapons in the family’s possession that would have seemed better suited for recreation or self-defense — the reasons why, according to the National Rifle Association, we need to arm ourselves to the teeth. But Lanza left a .22-caliber rifle at home and a 12-gauge shotgun in the car he drove to the school. He had maximum mayhem on his mind....

A + B DOES NOT = C

Wayne LaPierre lays down a strategy against the people of the USA. He seeks to instill fear of each other in order to sell guns. Nothing he says equates to being able to stop someone as well prepared as Adam Lanza. Adam Lanza was not a thief seeking booze, cigarettes, the best silver and jewelry. Adam was a determined killer. He had a plan. He had fantasized about the plan and he defined his masculinity in a very inappropriate manner.

He defined his masculinity ALONE and with the idea of having power over his pain. Across the spectrum of these gunmen, they are fighting off demons. Their own demons. 

I hate to put myself forward as an exceptional mother, I was not. I didn't have substance problems, the boys had pets as they grew up, they joined youth organizations; The Boys and Girls Club, The Cub Scouts, 4-H. I did all the things a single Mom was suppose to do to make sure her sons were exposed to healthy thinking of masculinity. When the boys confronted the idea of guns and war in their teens they did so with the supervision of a 'unit commander' in the form of JROTC. They provided community service. They put up and took down the school flag. They had a guy to talk to, a real guy whom if there were any questions about how the boys were doing was a phone call away.

But, I wasn't perfect. Not by a long shot. The boys had their 'teenage stuff' going on and I could afford to provide them a comfort zone of sex appeal and charisma. My oldest son was very charismatic and had many benefits others his age did not. He was and is a good looking guy. But, he and I had our scuffles. We weren't happy with each other sometimes. But, I pushed back against the extremes where other parents didn't. I think it paid off.

This mess that the NRA creates by promoting hugely powerful guns in our society as necessary is nonsense. The NRA is not going to provide a security in life or to your home that is realistic? Not. There is absolutely no reason for military style weapons in the world. None. Military style weapons should be secluded to the battlefield. End of discussion.

The idea that LaPierre puts forward is that the bad guys, usually from the black ghetto, is going to invade your home with the same weapons you can purchase at Walmart or worse from some gun store stocked to the rafters with mass death. It is crazy. To begin the Ghetto Kids are getting their weapons from the rich white kids that are probably your local drug dealer in the high school. So, the idea that White America is making their lives safer by stocking up on military style weapons is bizarre. White America is creating their own hell by having these weapons at their disposal because their teenagers are probably selling them into the city to people they don't even know.

So the next time there is a Home Invasion with military style weapons, remember, it was the hell the victims created that have come back to haunt them.

When is this idiocy going to end? Never? Forever Americans are going to have this cycle of insanity in their lives because LaPierre is a FEAR MONGER!`

Just remember one thing. Just one thing. When the majority of us are able to stand in pride of our children, OUR BAD HABITS, have deprived other wonderful parents of that pleasure in life.

I am with Mike.

He has 3.3 million Americans following his movement. 

He has the correct focus and he is a Lifetime NRA member.

The message of "Bowling for Columbine" was never anti-gun. It was pointing to the irresponsible way in which guns exist in our society. The assignment of anti-gun to "Bowling for Columbine" was propaganda of the NRA.

"Bowling for Columbine" makes the point that violent video games having little to nothing to do with gun violence. He shows video games in Canada where this phenomena does not exist. This IS an American problem.

By David Walsh 
1 March 2000

A six-year-old girl (click here) was shot and killed, apparently by a fellow first grade student, a six-year-old boy, in a classroom at Buell Elementary School in Mt. Morris Township, outside of Flint, Michigan. Flint is a center of General Motors' auto production empire, located sixty miles north of Detroit. The fatal shooting occurred Tuesday morning....

...Authorities identified the weapon as a .32 caliber handgun stolen in December....

...The shooting follows by a few months the conviction in nearby Pontiac of Nathaniel Abraham, who was only 11 at the time of his alleged crime. Abraham was the first youth to be charged with murder under a 1997 Michigan statute that allows children of any age to be prosecuted as adults for serious crimes. Oakland county authorities pursued the case against Abraham in order to establish a precedent and legitimize the 1997 law....

Recently, someone stated in the USA House that the elderly are playing Worlds of Warcraft to enhance their cognition. It is a lie, the elderly involved with mental alertness are using scientifically based games that are measurable.

Worlds of Warcraft is a cartoon. As a matter of fact, there is a venue in that video game in which there are homeless being kept from empty homes. The venue is "Westfall." 

It doesn't come close to the real live issues of some of these games. The video games most frequently instilling a sense of military do have the problem. But, not all video games have the components to instill aggressive demeanors of their participants.

Nothing has changed since "Bowling for Columbine." There is a path of the military industrial complex completely traceable to Colorado. It is amazing. 

The morning of the Columbine shootings President Clinton appeared twice in the media. The first was to announce the increased attacks in Kosovo and the second was an hour later to announce the deaths in Columbine. The connection can be questioned between the two acts, but, the timing is there. To my knowledge there was no timeline to the attacks at Columbine High School by the two gunmen, but, they had a dreamscape and it was to end the global violence of the USA. We know that for a fact. Highjacked aircraft crashing to the ground and ending USA dominance. It was all there. The two boys were determined to stop the military prowess of their nation.

Michael encourages everyone to continue to instill the need of Congress to act to protect citizens' lives from guns. All 3.3 million.

March 28, 2013 10:29 AM

(AP) NEW HAVEN, Conn.- An arsenal of weapons (click here) including guns, a gun safe with shotgun shells, a bayonet and several swords were found in the home of the gunman who carried out the Newtown school shooting, according to search warrants released Thursday....

The families of Sandy Hook Elementary School violence now have more proof of the consent by the gunman's mother to conduct himself in a real and violent fashion regardless of his anger. This proof provides a reason to sue her estate.

I have a challenged son. He has a family now of his own. He grew up along side his brother playing GI Joe on a 7 foot aircraft carrier in the living room. He was in JROTC in High School. He was on the JROTC High School Drill Team. But, at no point in his life was he given permission to find 'power' over his disabilities with violence. He never handled a gun in his years of JROTC. Neither did his brother. His entire life was laced with appreciation of nature. I don't think even today he ever put a gun in his hands nor has he a desire to do so. It is just his value system.

Racism driven by fear with a resolve to hatred and anger that the problems won't go away. That is the culture of fear in the USA. It is a national shame and the gun addiction is evidence of it. Since the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting the NRA has driven fear into the circumstances. The culture of fear works for the NRA and it victimizes ever citizen in this country.

I apologize to the people of Newtown, Connecticut.

We live in a country where freedom of speech is suppose to be respected above all other means of participation in our society. Rather unfortunately, that means robocalls from offensive parties. 

Posted: 03/25/2013 
Last Updated: 13 hours ago

NEWTOWN, Conn. - NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) — Some residents (click here) in Newtown, Conn., say they're outraged at receiving robocalls from the National Rifle Association only three months after the Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings....

It can be argued the calls should be limited to members only in areas of the country most effected by gun violence. People have a right to recover from violence without such insults. To limit robocalls to members is to realize there is a percentage of the American populous interested in what the NRA states.

The NRA is incapable of conscience. They are unable to apologize for the unlawful use and sales of guns. The leadership would have realized the silenced voices due to gun violence are more powerful than any telephone call that seeks to make gun owners victims. Gun owners are not victims of any government actions. Quite the contrary, we can all benefit from sincere responsible gun ownership.

I don't know if the families of the victims in Newtown realize standing together and bringing their stories to powerful companies actually works when it comes to guns. In 2009, two of the victims of Columbine had a profound impact on the executives of K-Mart when they asked for the sales of ammo to stop. K-mart did stop selling it. I have made purchases at K-Mart and even had prescriptions filled there, but, I won't go to Walmart.

Walmart is the store where the gunman in Arizona purchased his ammunition. It is sadly ironic to realize Walmart finds the highest profits of Wall Street.

AP/ April 29, 2009, 9:59 PM

At Kmart stores across the country, (click here) shoppers cruising the aisles for diapers, garden hoses and microwave popcorn can also find ammunition for everything from pellet guns to handguns.

But some of those shelves soon will be empty as Kmart phases out the sale of handgun ammunition over the next three months.

Company officials made the announcement Thursday following meetings that included company executives, a prominent gun-control advocate and victims of the 1999 Columbine High School shooting.

Kmart stores have not carried handguns since the 1970s, but still sell hunting rifles and other long guns. For some time, the Troy, Mich.-based company has been under pressure from gun-control advocates to stop selling firearms....

The point is families and victims are powerful in the USA. Their reality can't be denied. I applaud them and apologize for what they are going through because they have inherited the power of being victims of gun violence in the USA.

K-Mart vs WallMart (ammo) (click here)

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I recently moved to Monroe County I have a K-Mart and a Wallmart right across the street from each other. As far as a can tell they sell a lot of the same stuff... at about the same price. I have only been into Kmart once... and that was to see what they had. I saw what they did not have...Ammo.

It seems that K-mart took all the ammo out of their stores. As a result I only go to Wallmart to shop. The way it usually works is that I either go to Wallmart to buy things for the house, and buy six boxes of ammo while there.... or I go to Wallmart to buy Ammo, and end up buying other things for the house. Given that I just had a new house built, you can imagine the amount of money I have spent at Wallmart since in the last 6 months. Hint... over $3,000. This is all money the K-Mart did not get because they do not carry ammo. I hope this message gets around to K-Mart.

There is one other issue that does not involve robocalls. It is the donations made to the people of Newtown. I thought the article in the NYTimes was noteworthy. So while the families and victims are at the forefront of improving the quality of life of a nation through advocacy, they also have another responsibility. This responsibility might be more immediately rewarding. They have monies to direct from the people that sincerely do care.

By PETER APPLEBOME

Published: March 24, 2013

...Now, with almost all the money still unspent, (click here) sharply differing views are emerging over what exactly should be done with it.
The bulk of the money, $10.2 million, was donated to the United Way of Western Connecticut, and has been transferred to a local foundation that will decide who should receive it and when, and how much should be set aside for community needs like counseling and long-term issues.
But this weekend, 50 parents and family members directly affected by mass tragedies, including those that occurred at Aurora, Columbine, the World Trade Center and Virginia Tech, issued a statement saying that in the past, charities had failed to distribute aid to those most in need, and that, unless donated for specific purposes, funds raised for Newtown should be sent directly to victims and victims’ families. A separate statement, signed by those family members and 14 more from Newtown, said that this should become the national model for future tragedies....
...Cristina Hassinger, the daughter of the Sandy Hook principal, Dawn Hochsprung, who was one of the 6 educators killed along with 20 children at the school on Dec. 14, said that the donated money was meant for victims and their families and should go directly to them....

I agree with Cristina. This is an opportunity for state legislators and governors to seek to make these donated monies achieve their intended goals. These monies were not a result of a fund raising effort. These monies were given out of grief and in hopes it would ease the suffering of those involved. I hope the state governments protect the interest of the victims and their families as was intended by other citizens of this country wanting to help, but, lacking for another expression.

In no way should such a tragedy benefit budgets and treasuries of organizations. The organizations were entrusted with the monies by others in expectations it would reach it's intended purpose.

I wish the families and victims of these American tragedies peace in their lives.

It is the coveting of 'the gun' itself. The coveting is the problem. Militarized values of a society.

These are the weapons used at Sandy Hook Elementary School. 

How did they get there?

Yes, the media finds violence a very interesting venue, but, there is also a personal coveting that takes place when one owns a gun. The advertisements of these weapons happen nearly on a continuous basis in news reporting across the USA. The news reporting in the USA based on violence and guns far out weighs the reporting on any other topic. And forget it, any environmental issue is never put first or in the headlines. Our heroes are not Climate Scientists, they are Rambo. 

How does that happen?

News reporting is not weighted to it's social value? Why not? Why is there disproportionate reporting of violence across the USA?

It is no different than when a person purchases a new computer or a new car or a used car, there is a personal coveting that occurs. 

The same thing with guns. In order to purchase a gun there has to be a reason to do that. A need of some kind. Isn't it the job of advertisers to create a need where one does not exist for such offensive items?

That said, try a thought experiment. Put a picture of a military style weapon on the refrigerator. See what family says and then realize you have just introduced an image that will result in discussions about the purpose of that image.

Then think about purchasing one and putting in the house. Then realize the more invested a person is in the outcome to the monies they spent the more there will be a presence of that item in the life of that person(s).

A computer isn't purchased because it collects dust. It is purchased and used. A car is not purchased to put in the driveway so the neighbors will drool, it is used in the lives of those that own it. Realize that a coveting takes place first to purchase these weapons and then after they are purchased. There is no sense in having one if it is not used to build a competency in handling it. Seriously. The gun becomes an issue in the house if there is no competency in using it.

So, the entire mess of having these weapons among the people begins LONG before they are purchased. I think that is a valid point of view. We don't allow cigarette commercials on television, either. There is a reason for that.

These guns need to be made obsolete in the USA. The numbers of them in our society is far too high. They are bought by straw purchasers with impunity. They cause insults to the USA national security and to national security of other nations, namely Mexico as an example.

Enough of this mess. We need to stop it.