The story is of F. Glenn Miller (also known as Frazier Glenn Cross Jr.),
charged last week with murdering three people at the Jewish Community
Center is quickly falling off the front pages of the Star and probably
all news outlets in the country. Miley's out of the hospital,
millennials find KC a good place to live, and a temperamental Chiefs
player has a new attitude. So as these and other stories bubble across
the screens of laptops, phones and tablets, the reality is ignored. We
have come to a place where the 2nd Amendment right of a convicted felon
to own guns and be accused of committing murder is more important than the 1st Amendment right of
people to practice their religion in peace and safety.
This is not the first time that a lone gunman with extreme fascist views has walked into a church or a religious community and killed people attending services. In the madness of modern life this fact has been forgotten. What is it to be? Freedom to practice one's religion in peace and safety or the freedom to commit mass murder whenever the mood comes upon one.
The Kansas City Star on April 19th published an editorial, "As a community, we must move beyond silence." It gave some sensible recommendations such as the following,
?While hard-liners continue to thwart sensible and needed gun-reform
measures, these three deaths in Overland Park should prompt a new
discussion about how easy it remains for felons to obtain firearms. This
must stop. Lobby lawmakers to make changes. Demand background checks
and waiting periods. If someone acquired weapons on Miller’s behalf,
that transaction must be included in the prosecution of the case."
The most important one is to demand change we can no longer stay quiet while the 39 million owners of the over 300 million guns in this country can declare open season on law abiding citizens, whenever one of them gets demented or a little depressed.
Capitano Tedeschi.
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Another mass murder falls of the front pages. Copyright, April 21, 2014 by Jamie Jacks
Monday, April 21, 2014
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