Monthly Archives: February 2018

Is It Time Yet?

It happened again.

On Thursday 15 February, in Parkland, Florida, a teenager went on a shooting rampage in a high school in that small community of 29,000.

There is a tremendous amount of discussion on countless internet sites, including Facebook. Sadly, there are many participating in these discussions who are Second Amendment and NRA apologists, attempting to discount people’s feelings about this tragedy, and explaining how “gun control” wouldn’t solve any problems, or, even more repugnant, blaming the victims for not doing more to protect themselves.

In one Facebook post, a mother stated she was worried and was happy her daughter was no longer in school, so at least that eliminated some risk to her. But she then stated, “But I guess this could happen anywhere.”

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