VolusiaNews.net / NSBNEWS.net blogger Darlene Vann reacts to Saturday's mass killing that included the near-fatal shooting of Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, as shown here from her Facebook fan page. Complete wire coverage in our video feeds from the Associated Press, Fox News Channel and The New York Times, as well as our rotating wire headline feeds.
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Here is Vann's take:
What are we to take away from the near-fatal shooting of Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and the killings of six others among her constituents today at a public meeting in a shopping center parking lot? Are we to believe if you don’t agree with a politician just shoot him or her? Or if you don’t agree with a vote shoot the winning candidate?
Should you use your constitutional right to bear arms to rid the country of those you believe just shouldn’t be alive?
That seems to be the way of the world today. Disgruntled workers kill co-workers who had nothing to do with their problems. Teenagers kill teachers and classmates if things just don’t go their way. Rejected spouses kill their former loved ones and anyone with them.
It’s become the Wild West all over again, except it is all over the country now, not limited to only the old West.
Anti-gun advocates will use this as ammunition for their cause. Gun advocates will say if someone in the crowd had been armed they would have killed the gunman and saved lives.
Who are we to believe?
I believe citizens should be able to have weapons to protect themselves and their homes, if they chose. They should not, however, use these guns to “solve” their personal problems.
What I take away is a deep sadness for the direction our country is moving. We need to move away from violence -- not toward it.