LIVES SNUFFED OUT BY GUNS

Noah Posner, at age 6

Noah Posner deserved 'life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness' as we all do.  But, a man who had no conscience or ability to empathize with the result of his actions and the suffering they would cause to so many, too advantage of his misguided mother's guns to commit massacre.

Noah's mother insisted on  and open casket to show the damage 11 bullets can do.  He was missing his mouth and jaw, one hand, and his mother thought people cannot imagine what that looks like unless they see it.  I would have liked to have pictures shown on TV with a warning as to what was to be shown to allow people to protect their children (or themselves, if needed) from the sight.  However, it would not stop carnage, it would help to force people out of the lethargy they have been for too long from only seeing statistics and not the real thing.  We need to address this problem as many other countries have.  No plan will be perfect but if even one life is saved, is that not worth the effort?

To read the opinion article by Mallick, click here.  To demonstrate the far reaching effect  of this tragedy, this was sent to me by a retired teacher in Canada.

To see an article on why Mrs. Posner