Tag Archives: gun violence

It’s The Guns

Posted on October 5, 2015 by Trish Nelson

There is a Facebook post currently being circulated that offers an illuminating analogy.  It is posted below. Also, I would like to pose the question, why is it only gun owners that seem to have NO IDEA that we have … Continue reading →

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Father’s Day In America 2015

Posted on June 20, 2015 by Dave Bradley

Father’s Day should be a time for families to enjoy spending time together. For some 30,000 families again this year, gun violence has removed a member or members of such a celebration. That is nearly 100 people that lose their … Continue reading →

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Newtown: Two Years Later

Posted on December 13, 2014 by Dave Bradley

Who can forget the stunning news two years ago tomorrow. A mass shooting in a grade school. A grade school for God’s sake. Twenty kids under 7 killed in cold blood. Perhaps the worst horror anyone could imagine. Civilians dying … Continue reading →

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The Obstructed View: Gun Proliferation Is The Problem

Posted on September 19, 2013 by bfiasamosborne

A few people have such a religious-like fixation on guns as all powerful and inerrant instruments of do-and-undo violence that they would even press them into the hands of a blind person, blame places that for safety are to be … 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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Guns And Civility In Cedar County

Posted on March 1, 2013 by bfialauratwing

Regarding the Cedar County Democrats Central Committee February meeting on Feb 12: Thank you to Larry Hodgden and Sheriff Wethington for working together to provide a community forum about gun issues.  There was a good turnout.I thank the Sheriff for … Continue reading →

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Kaul: How To End Gun Violence In America Round 2

Posted on January 7, 2013 by Trish Nelson

Deploying Satire at My Own Risk      Link by Donald Kaul  I think I hit a nerve. A couple of weeks ago I wrote a thoughtful, well-reasoned column suggesting ways to cut down on gun violence in our ever more violent … Continue reading →

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How To End Gun Violence In America

Posted on December 20, 2012 by Trish Nelson

Donald Kaul has come out of retirement to offer his unique voice on how we as a nation should think about and respond to the atrocity in Newtown, Connecticut and our country’s problem with gun violence.  Here is an excerpt … Continue reading →

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