Category Archives: gun control

Gabby Giffords v. Chuck Grassley

Posted on April 17, 2013 by Trish Nelson

This is an excerpt of Gabby Giffords’ Op-Ed in the NYTimes following today’s shameful vote in the U.S. Senate. She’s talking about every Senator who voted to block the background check and legislation that would help prevent mass gun murders … Continue reading →

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I Saw A Picture Of A Child Today

Posted on April 13, 2013 by Dave Bradley

Early morning, before the sun came up. I was beginning the day with the usual checking of news and blogs. One post had a story of how one mother from Newtown was grieving the loss her son. Her son was 6 … Continue reading →

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The Gun Debate In The United States

Posted on March 5, 2013 by Trish Nelson

by Ralph Scharnau In 2008 the Supreme Court controversially interpreted the Second Amendment as giving an individual constitutional right to gun ownership.  Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia acknowledged, however, that the right was not unlimited.  He recognized exceptions for the … Continue reading →

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The “Connecticut Effect”

Posted on February 17, 2013 by Dave Bradley

This is a term that was uttered by an NRA lobbyist the other day. He stated that the NRA would have to wait until the “Connecticut effect” had passed. Then we would be back to business as usual. What an arrogant … Continue reading →

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Ways To Control Guns

Posted on February 16, 2013 by Dave Bradley

In a recent incident, a 3 year old boy Timorej Smith in Greenville, S.C. shot himself with a pink hand gun that he thought was a toy We seem to be so hung up on a phrase in the second … Continue reading →

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Control Firearms

Posted on January 19, 2013 by Dave Bradley

A few weeks back I wrote about the fire at Our Lady of Angels school in Chicago in December of 1958 to compare the reaction to the reaction of the shootings at Sandy Hook. Good people were horrified after each. … Continue reading →

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When Will We Say Enough Already?

Posted on December 29, 2012 by Dave Bradley

Once again, Larry Hodgden expresses his views here. This was a letter to the editor before Christmas. It expresses feelings I think many felt over the Holiday. Thanks, Larry. As you read this 20 families in Connecticut will be burying … Continue reading →

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Christmas Changed This Year

Posted on December 29, 2012 by Dave Bradley

It seems like everyplace I went this past weekend, there was an overwhelming presence in the background. A presence that lingered in every adult’s mind. Eventually someone would blurt out something like “those poor families in Connecticut” or “Christmas just … Continue reading →

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Another December, Another Tragedy

Posted on December 23, 2012 by Dave Bradley

When word of the tragedy in Connecticut became known, my mind flashed back to another horrible school tragedy that involved children in a school. The year was 1958 and the city was Chicago. If you are nearing that first Social Security … Continue reading →

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