Every year the mayor demands no increases from every department. However every year the fire department gets an increase in their budget, They know this mayor is just blowing smoke so they ask for more. This year they were able to find savings by not adding more firefighters. How is this a savings? Fires are at an all time low and the fire department is asking for more staff? They couldn't find any other ways to shave that budget?
I am now ashamed to admit that I am from Connecticut. Not only do we have some of the highest taxes in the nation, we now have tough gun laws that do nothing to prevent crime and proof to the rest of the country that our elected officials are idiots. As for clowns, the only ones I see are in the White House and in charge of Connecticut.
Before speaking about guns and "what ifs" do some research. Some of the magazines that were used were found with rounds remaining in them. Whether thirty or ten, the downtime reloading was negligible. As far as the mentally ill goes, they can refuse their medications, that is their right, just as our "representatives" have taken away my right to purchase what I feel is appropriate to protect my home and family.
Mr. Lanza was the epitome of evil. What he did was tragic. I think it stinks that the families are being used so politicians can further their agenda enacting laws that will not make anyone any safer.
So now that the feel good legislation has passed with the hearings being a farce -- only wanting input if you agreed with the proposals and there wasn't much -- the seeds for another Adam Lanza are planted and fertilized as we are more at war with each other than ever. Great win for politicians and media. They wait breathless, for the next wacko. Too bad, they could have been productive. Instead they played games.
Very scattered here. This site seems to be used more as a personal message board trading digs and insults rather than as a vehicle for community expression. Large waste of potential.
Okay what do you do when you want to protect your most valuable resources? You guard them. Banks, nuclear facilities, The White House, anything that has value.... you guard it. Why then, is the NRA proposal so wrong? Why is it that many schools are moving to have guards? Because that's the only way to protect your kids NOW. Will the new laws protect them? Will gun control protect them now? No it won't.
If you call the police, there is a lag or response time. If anyone bent on doing harm to the children comes into an unprotected school, they have free reign until police arrive. Then the police establish a perimeter and assess the situation, more time off the clock and more time for the potential assailant to do harm to the kids. If guards were not effective, then why do all places that have important, sensitive or valuable people or items have guards? Because they have proven to be a deterrent. When somebody is so focused against something as the author is focused against the NRA, they write such foolish things just to cut their nose off to spite their face.
Re: Annette Funicello's death of MS: Please, someone find a cure for this dreadful disease. My 39 year old daughter was diagnosed 2 years ago and lives every day not knowing what may happen to her the next day.