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This reflects what Douglas County Sheriff John Hanlin said at the media conference last night. "You will not hear the killer's name from my lips. You may confirm through the coroner's office, but I will never say his name."
Maybe that's what we should all do, what the media should do. Forget the zero, remember the hero.
Maybe that's what we should all do, what the media should do. Forget the zero, remember the hero.
This is turning an atrocity into a celebration. "Hey folks, nevermind that 15 kids got shot to death by some psycho, because look, one of those poor kids did something heroic".
He still died. Yea, his family get comfort from his heroism, but I'm damn sure they'd rather have him at home for Christmas. This wouldn't have happened if nutcases didn't get access to guns. If the attacker had had a knife, this hero kid might have put him to the floor and maybe only one or two lives would have been lost: the attacker's and Christopher Mintz'.
It's not right to make this into a celebration to discount the reality. Fifteen kids are dead because of this.
He still died. Yea, his family get comfort from his heroism, but I'm damn sure they'd rather have him at home for Christmas. This wouldn't have happened if nutcases didn't get access to guns. If the attacker had had a knife, this hero kid might have put him to the floor and maybe only one or two lives would have been lost: the attacker's and Christopher Mintz'.
It's not right to make this into a celebration to discount the reality. Fifteen kids are dead because of this.
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We should be praying for the injured and the families of the deceased.
I know the stance many Americans have on the gun issue and there is an argument to be made for arming oneself against those who wouldn't see fit to turn in their weapon/s. I guess the thing that perhaps ought to be done is for laws to be in place to stop the mentally unstable getting access to weapons. A person's medical history should be carefully checked and considered and if they object to it - no weapons! I think at present guns are too readily available. I have little time for Obama but he has made a good point on this, America is the only civillised nation where it is commonplace for mass shootings to take place....So sad
I know the stance many Americans have on the gun issue and there is an argument to be made for arming oneself against those who wouldn't see fit to turn in their weapon/s. I guess the thing that perhaps ought to be done is for laws to be in place to stop the mentally unstable getting access to weapons. A person's medical history should be carefully checked and considered and if they object to it - no weapons! I think at present guns are too readily available. I have little time for Obama but he has made a good point on this, America is the only civillised nation where it is commonplace for mass shootings to take place....So sad
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We should be praying for the injured and the families of the deceased.
I know the stance many Americans have on the gun issue and there is an argument to be made for arming oneself against those who wouldn't see fit to turn in their weapon/s. I guess the thing that perhaps ought to be done is for laws to be in place to stop the mentally unstable getting access to weapons. A person's medical history should be carefully checked and considered and if they object to it - no weapons! I think at present guns are too readily available. I have little time for Obama but he has made a good point on this, America is the only civillised nation where it is commonplace for mass shootings to take place....So sad
I know the stance many Americans have on the gun issue and there is an argument to be made for arming oneself against those who wouldn't see fit to turn in their weapon/s. I guess the thing that perhaps ought to be done is for laws to be in place to stop the mentally unstable getting access to weapons. A person's medical history should be carefully checked and considered and if they object to it - no weapons! I think at present guns are too readily available. I have little time for Obama but he has made a good point on this, America is the only civillised nation where it is commonplace for mass shootings to take place....So sad
So wait, FreeNChrist, the shooting of more than a dozen innocent kids by a psycho with a gun, and the fact that one of thiese kids heroically gave up his life and was shot five times, to save others, in a civilized Western Constitutional republic with lax gun laws, has nothing to do with guns?
Well egad, I must be on Mars sipping slip-water today.
Well egad, I must be on Mars sipping slip-water today.
Insight and past experience. An anti-gun advocate wouldn't negatively respond to a post I made saying how terrible this tragedy is; I post I made stating how turning this tragedy into a celebration of the Christopher Mintz is shallow and puerile considering his life has been taken in a situation that should not be allowed to happen in the first place.
You think Christopher Mintz' family are glad he died a heroic death saving people from a maniac with a gun, or do you think they would rather he was still alive because American law stopped his killer being able to get a gun in the first place?
You think Christopher Mintz' family are glad he died a heroic death saving people from a maniac with a gun, or do you think they would rather he was still alive because American law stopped his killer being able to get a gun in the first place?
There's no dignity in having your kids die in a pool of blood because your country won't stand up and do something. You're turning this guy into a martyr, and for what? For a cause you don't even believe in. You want us to focus on the magnificence of this heroic behaviour, so you can turn attention away from the fact that there have been nearly 300 of these mass shootings this year. There's nothing heroic about hundreds of innocents (many of them kids) having to stand up to mass murderers who go on rampages in schools and churches. To me, there is no glory in that, but somehow, you manage to find some.
I would say your "insights" are faulty. Not sure WHAT happened in your past experiences either, but you don't even have the facts of THIS story right.
Chris Mintz IS NOT DEAD. NO ONE is celebrating the tragic loss of human life. To even insinuate that says a lot more about you than the other posters here. What IS worth celebrating is that a person was willing to die to help save his fellow man.
For some yet unexplained reason you like coming here. I'm glad. The Lord may be working on you now. What is stopping you from accepting His precious gift of salvation through His Son Jesus Christ? YOU CAN HAVE ETERNAL LIFE!!! Pray on it. Please.
Good. I'm glad he's not dead. I'm glad he's alive. But there's still no glory in it. Is his being shot several times, and more than a dozen kids lying dead, somehow something to celebrate? Do you think he's lying in hospital now thinking to himself "I'm so glad I got the opportunity to be heroic and take 5 bullets from a crazy man". Nah, I can bet he's lying in hospital thinking "I wish I had been able to do more. I wish those kids were still alive. I wish that they didn't have to die for nothing".
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