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Gunfire
Gunfire The sound of distant gunfire draws nearer as bodies drop one after another after another after another after the sound of rapid-fire gunfire shatters the air and airwaves again; guns glinting in sunlight moonlight man-made light. Darkness has fallen … Continue reading
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Tagged America, bodies, bullets, Colorado, Columbine, condolences, country, darkness, First Baptist, Florida, gunfire, guns, Harvest, Illinois, killing, love, nation, news, Odessa, Oregon, Parkland, pulse, Sandy Hook, sorrow, Texas, Virginia Tech
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Open Letter to Paul Ryan on Guns
Dear Speaker Ryan, Yet another young man with yet another AR-15 semi-automatic rifle has killed yet more people in a place that should be safe. And you, yet again, have said that it is not the time to talk about … Continue reading
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Tagged action, Americans, AR-15, arsenals, Aurora theater, Binghamton, campaign donations, change, Charleston, children, citizens, Citizens United, collecting, Columbine, compromise, Congress, constituents, Constitution, conversation, dialogue, fear, Fort Hood, gun violence, guns, handguns, hunting, killing, Las Vegas, leader, mass shooting, National Rifle Association, Oak Creek, Omaha, Paul Ryan, politicians, Pulse Nightclub, rifles, right to bear arms, San Bernadino, San Ysidro, Sandy Hook, Second Amendment, semi-automatic rifle, Speaker of the House, Speaker Ryan, talk, Texas Baptist church, Virginia Tech, votes
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Forgive the Shooter
On Sunday evening in the small Wisconsin town of Menasha a man apparently distraught over a recent breakup and argument with his former fiancée took two guns with him on his bike and went for a ride. On the middle … Continue reading
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Tagged "eye for an eye", "hill of death", Adam Bentdahl, bridges, Christian, compassion, empathy, Erin Stoffel, faith, forgive, forgiveness, forgiving, guns, hate, hero, heroism, Jim Campbell, Jonathan Stoffel, life story, Little Lake Butte Des Mortes, love, Menasha, Old Testament, Olivia Stoffel, religion, retribution, selflessness, Sergio Daniel Valencia del Toro, shooter, Trestle Trail Bridge, violence, Wisconsin
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The Last of Us
The trailer for a new video game, “The Last of Us”, starts with the following: “The world’s been hard on us, hard on him. Joel’s done some terrible things. He tells me that on this journey you either hang on … Continue reading
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Tagged cops and robbers, cowboys and Indians, ethics, guns, kill, Madison Avenue, morals, pacifist, peace, soul, survival, The Last of Us, toys, video game, violence
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Lament for My Nation
This is the sound of my nation–not the beat, beat, beating of hearts, but the rat-tat-tatting of guns. This is the soul of my nation—not the compassion of kindred souls, but the dispassionate death knell wrought by random violence. Again–again!–we … Continue reading
A Single Bluebird 