Zane Grey: Incredibly popular in the early 20th century, this adventure book writer began his career as a dentist, something he quickly began to hate. So, he began to write, only to see rejection after rejection for his works, being told eventually that he had no business being a writer and should given up. It took him years, but at 40, Zane finally got his first work published, leaving him with almost 90 books to his name and selling over 50 million copies worldwide.
The answer to yesterday's Who Am I was Germaine Greer .
I am at the first day of a two day seminar today so I didn't really have time to do a blog entry with links. Instead I am sharing something I wrote a while back but unfortunately I had to update it.
I know this is a controversial subject. Even my own brother disagrees with me. He hunts, I don't. I'm really don't want to prevent people from going hunting and am not promoting a ban on all guns just assault weapons that in my humble opinion should be left only in the hands of the military.
SHOOTINGS BY WILLIAM J. DAHN
When will we ever learn, my friend, when will we ever learn?
On July 1, 1993, Gian Luigi Ferri, armed with two Intratec TEC-DC9 semi-automatic assault pistols, a 45 caliber semi-automatic pistol, and 40- to 50-round high-capacity ammunition magazines, opened fire at the San Francisco, CA, law firm of Pettit & Martin, killing eight and and wounding six before taking his own life.
When will we ever learn, my friend, when we they ever learn?
On December 7, 1993, Colin Ferguson, armed with a Sturm, Ruger P89 9mm semi-automatic pistol and four 15-round high-capacity ammunition magazines, opened fire on Long Island Railroad commuters, killing six and wounding 19.
When will we ever learn, my friend, when will we ever learn?
On May 21, 1998 Kip Kinkel carried: a hunting knife, a 9 mm Glock 19 pistol, a Ruger .22 semi-automatic rifle, and a Ruger .22 pistol and 1,127 rounds of ammunition to Thurston High School in Oregon. killing two and wounded twenty-four students as he fired a total of fifty rounds.
When will we ever learn, my friend, when will we ever learn?
On April 20, 1999, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, armed with an Intratec TEC-DC9 semi-automatic assault pistol, Hi-Point 9mm semi-automatic Carbine, two Savage shotguns, and high-capacity ammunition magazines, killed 13 and wounded 23 at Columbine High School in Littleton, CO, before taking their own lives.
When will we ever learn, my friend, when will we ever learn?
On September 15, 1999, Larry Gene Ashbrook, armed with a Sturm, Ruger P85 9mm semi-automatic pistol and three 15-round high-capacity magazines, killed seven and wounded seven at the Wedgewood Baptist Church before taking his
When will we ever learn, my friend, when will we ever learn?
On November 2, 1999, Byran Uyesugi, armed with a Glock 17 semi-automatic pistol and three 15-round high-capacity magazines killed seven opened fire at the Xerox Office Building in Honolulu, HA,.
When will we ever learn, my friend, when will we ever learn?
On April 16, 2007, Seung-Hui Cho, armed with a Glock 19 semi-automatic pistol, Walther P22 semi-automatic pistol, and 15-round high-capacity ammunition magazines, killed 32 and wounded 17 on the campus of Virginia Tech before taking his own life.
When will we ever learn, my friend, when will we ever learn?
On November 5, 2009, Nidal Hasan, armed with an FN 5.7 semi-automatic pistol and 30- and 20-round high-capacity ammunition magazines, killed 13 and wounded more than 30 at the Fort Hood military base in Fort Hood, TX.
When will we ever learn, my friend, when will we ever learn?
On August 3, 2010, Omar Thornton, armed with a Sturm, Ruger SR9 semi-automatic pistol and high-capacity ammunition magazine killed eight and wounded two of his co-workers before take his own life.
When will we ever learn, my friend, when will we ever learn?
January 8, 2011 Jared L. Loughner using a Glock 19 kills six and wounds thirteen, including Representative Gabrielle Giffords.
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4 comments:
You can add one, no, two, from yesterday's news from this area. A boy brought a gun to school "for protection". It was in his backpack, apparently loaded, one in the chamber. When he tossed his backpack down, it went off, shooting a 15 y/o boy in the throat and a 15 y/o girl in the head. It seems the bullet had lost steam when it got to the girl, and didn't penetrate her skull, but she had brain bruising. The boy will be okay.
Then some guy, 50ish, white, shot a police officer in the chest, for what reason, nobody seems to know. The officer was wearing his vest, and will be okay. They are still looking for the shooter.
Yes, we need more gun control. Lots more gun control.
I wrote a response, which the "blogger" came back and said it couldn't process (not too long, just couldn't process). So, maybe it wasn't meant to be posted.
Pat
I could have added a thousand shooting but I just stuck with the assault rifles.
I really don't want to prevent gun ownership just assault rifle ownership.
Bill
DR
That is kind of sad because I really wanted to hear what you had to say on the subject. I always appeciate your insight.
Bill
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