[TheForge] todays shooting in school.

[wmullett at bright.net]

Sorry - but this kind of response is disgusting.  

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>Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2012 15:30:19 -0800
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>Subject: Re: [TheForge] todays shooting in school.  
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>Just to raise a little sand:
>I'd note that we , as smiths, are part of a tradition of weapons makers,
>and so part of the onus lies on our shoulders.
>Still:
>We see this hysteria saturating the news and it fills our awareness totally...but ,
>This is a news event more than anything.
>We kill more folks in traffic every single day.
>There are less than 30 dead out of a nation of millions!
>We've lost all sense of proportion.
>
>The automatic weapons are already out there  and impossible to recall.
>A few gallons of gasoline is more available and could easily have made this tragedy even more horrible.
>Adequately funding mental health and education would be a more constructive response.
>...plus a snip from smith richard ferguson...
>
>The highway death toll in the USA is about 90 people per day, the lowest it has been since 1949.  
>
>The suicide rate is a little higher than the highway death toll, at 105 per day.
>
>The homicide rate in the USA is also at a historic low, around 40 per day.
>
>
>
>On Dec 14, 2012, at 3:15 PM, Bruce . wrote:
>
>How about a national dialog about this too obvious problem?  Two
>shootings in one week -- in the holiday season, no less?  Seems to me
>it's time to form some sort of national policy.  Ignoring the issue is
>not working.
>
>On Fri, Dec 14, 2012 at 6:05 PM, terry l. ridder <terrylr at blauedonau.com> wrote:
>> hello;
>> 
>> there is not much to say.
>> 
>> just take a moment and pray for the parents who have lost a child and
>> the families who have lost a parent. there is nothing that may be said
>> that will ease the pain and heartbreak these parents and families are
>> feeling.
>> 
>> hug your children and spouse tonight and tell them you love them.
>> 
>> --
>> terry l. ridder ><>
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>Bruce
>NJ
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