Friday, December 21, 2012
"The only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun," the NRA's Wayne LaPierre said.
In an amazing Friday morning press conference, the National Rifle Association broke its weeklong silence following the horrific shooting of 26 people at a school in Newtown, CT and called for a surge of gun-carrying "good guys" around American schools. NRA Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre called for a new kind of American domestic security revolving around armed civilians, arguing that "the only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun." "We care about our president, so we protect him with armed Secret Service agents," LaPierre said. "Members of Congress work in offices surrounded by Capitol Police officers. Yet, when it comes to our most beloved, innocent, and vulnerable members of the American family, our …
Thursday, December 20, 2012
The student cheering section at Tuesday's varsity basketball game dressed in green and white, the Sandy Hook Elementary School colors.
Over the last six days, people across the country have had the victims of the Sandy Hook tragedy in their hearts and minds, including right here in Greenfield. On Tuesday, at the varsity basketball game, the Whitnall High School student section, which usually selects a theme for each game, chose to honor the victims of the Sandy Hook shooting by dressing in that school’s colors. Seniors and juniors wore green while sophomores and freshmen wore white. “We thought that would be a really good way to show our support and show people that they are not alone out there,” senior Connor Touhey said. Touhey said the theme was chose by several seniors, and as many as 80 students participated. He added the Whitnall student senate is finalizing details…
Monday, December 17, 2012
Friday's tragedy no doubt has parents thinking about how lucky they are today.
When I see that now-famous photo of the children of Sandy Hook Elementary School gripping each other’s shoulders, I see my 5-year-old daughter. I see her terrified. I see her brave. I see her not entirely sure what’s going on but keen enough to know something is wrong. I see her in all the faces in that photo. I see her in the other photos I’ve seen. I see her being carried away by a parent, with arms wrapped around her so tight as if they’ll never let go. I see her standing with her classmates surrounded by police cars and ambulances. When I hear stories about children being told to shield their eyes and look away as they pass a classroom or make their way down a hallway, I see my daughter’s little hand averting her little eyes. I see her…
robert heule
2:36 pm on Saturday, December 22, 2012
NRA has no sympathy for victims or their families. more ›