Life in the mountains: Echoes of the Colorado mass shooting
By LEE GAREN
The local people here in the mountains of North Carolina are talking about the fear it instills in them about going to the local theater or shopping areas. They’re asking how can one person be so angry or deranged to do such an ugly thing.
Discussions around tables at the local coffee shop all center on the shock of hearing this news as people awoke here in the mountains as well as other parts of America. The effects during talk of the terror that filled that theater is seen as people drink their coffee….hands shaking and emotion heard in their voices.
That brings to question…when is news just that and when does it become a training event? Sad that we live in a society that demands to know what is going on but consists of people who may be sick enough to do something like this. We can only pray the horrifying events that unfolded during the night in a Colorado town won’t be repeated anywhere else.
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Lee,
I just went and got my oil changed and the other folks waiting for their cars were all in shock and talking about this terrible event. It’s sad that no one would be talking to eachother if it weren’t for bad news. We need to talk more about the good things in our lives and take time to hug our kids, grandkids etc.. Every time you see a loved one, tell them you love them because you may never get the chance again. I can’t imagine sending one of my loved ones to a movie and learning that some lunatic murdered them. God forbid. Stay well my friend.
Now let me get this straight. We need a tragedy to remind us to be kind to people, especially those we love and we wonder why we have deranged people in this society? Have we really become that estranged from each other?
This recent mass murderer, James Holmes, walked in to a movie theater with four guns, one of which was an assault weapon. ASSAULT WEAPONS ARE SOLD TO THE PUBLIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Why??? I do not know if this particular weapon was used but at last count 38 were injured and 12 murdered. Is this possible with a six shooter? Damn those who will continue to aid and abet massacres such as this.
God bless those and their families that were victims in this terrible crime.
My heart goes out to them all. Yet, we must not allow ourselves and our beautiful United States to become a place of fear. Please, let’s all stand strong and have faith that the good will prevail. As for me, I intend to patronize a local theatre sometime during the next week.
I’m sure that Sylvia and others who are fearful of guns mean well. But blaming guns for what evil or deranged people do with them is tantamount to blaming matches for pyromaniacs, cars for auto accidents, pools for drownings, etc. Bad people will always have guns. For this reason good people need them all the more. Had several good people in that theater had guns, perhaps the tragedy could have been prevented or at least minimized.
My dear Howard, when the second amendment was added to the constitution, in such a loosely written fashion, the weapons at the time were front loading muskets in which powder had to be added to the weapon, a ball put in and then the whole thing had to be tamped down before firing. Our founders couldn’t possibly conceive of assault weapons. Assault weapons are certainly not needed for hunting unless dear have found a way to obtain kevlar vests.
As my husband says if you NEED an assault weapon for protection it is time for you to move and maybe take some HOW TO WIN FRIENDS AND INFLUENCE PEOPLE courses
And here I thought Sylvia was around to advise the Founding Fathers -before- they put that loosely written verbage into the Constitution!
+cough+
Having acknowledged her perpetual youthfulness, I shall move on from our dear Ms. Sylvia to other things.
Since when did we create legislation based upon rare events? I mean, how often do people dye their hair orange, purchase weaponry, and go shooting up a movie theater?
Many years ago, while visiting a friend in the west, I was bitten by a rattlesnake. Not one of the more pleasant experiences of my life but hey, a gal has to have a hobby, right?
I tried mightily to get the State of New Mexico to put a ban on rattle snakes, or at least post signs where the little buggers hang out! But no, they said. “The number of people who die from rattle snake bites every year is so minimal it would hardly make it worth looking at.”
As horrific as this shooting has been, we need to keep things into perspective and remember: THIS IS A RARITY.
By the way, I survived the bite, in case the reader can’t figure that out.