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Fishing in British Columbia => General Discussion => Topic started by: BCfisherman97 on December 14, 2012, 08:17:46 PM
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Just wanted to pay my respects to the families of all the victims
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTeuAojMa3c
Cant believe someone could even think of doing this...
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Prayer for the Children
On Friday, December 14, 2012, 20 children were killed in a shooting rampage at an elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut. Seven adults, including the gunman, also died at the scene. As the families and friends of the deceased mourn the loss of their loved ones, we pray for the children, and for all those whose lives have been affected by this tragedy.
Our hearts are broken.
Today, in the midst of holiday cheer,
we are painfully reminded of the cruelty and fragility of our lives together.
How do we live with such unimaginable grief?
How do we comfort such intolerable pain?
How do we care for each other in a world where violence seems so readily accessible?
Great comforter and protector,
We have no answers.
No words that can heal the broken heartedness we feel.
Yet you have promised to heal the broken hearted and to bind up their wounds.
We cling ardently to this assurance.
This is the world that Christ is born into;
A world bursting with broken-hearted people.
This is the world that you call us to sing, ‘Rejoice’ in.
The pain is too fresh, the wounds are too raw,
Yet still, we light the pink candle in anticipation of your fulfilled promises.
Until then,
we will continue to pray
For the parents,
For the families,
For the victims,
For the teachers,
For the first responders,
For the survivors, and
For all who have been crushed by this shooting.
We will hold them in our hearts.
We will strive to compassionately care for each other.
And, we will honor and lift-up our children,
For in them the light of Christ beams.
Amen.
Alydia Smith
The United Church of Canada
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Prayer for the Children
On Friday, December 14, 2012, 20 children were killed in a shooting rampage at an elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut. Seven adults, including the gunman, also died at the scene. As the families and friends of the deceased mourn the loss of their loved ones, we pray for the children, and for all those whose lives have been affected by this tragedy.
Our hearts are broken.
Today, in the midst of holiday cheer,
we are painfully reminded of the cruelty and fragility of our lives together.
How do we live with such unimaginable grief?
How do we comfort such intolerable pain?
How do we care for each other in a world where violence seems so readily accessible?
Great comforter and protector,
We have no answers.
No words that can heal the broken heartedness we feel.
Yet you have promised to heal the broken hearted and to bind up their wounds.
We cling ardently to this assurance.
This is the world that Christ is born into;
A world bursting with broken-hearted people.
This is the world that you call us to sing, ‘Rejoice’ in.
The pain is too fresh, the wounds are too raw,
Yet still, we light the pink candle in anticipation of your fulfilled promises.
Until then,
we will continue to pray
For the parents,
For the families,
For the victims,
For the teachers,
For the first responders,
For the survivors, and
For all who have been crushed by this shooting.
We will hold them in our hearts.
We will strive to compassionately care for each other.
And, we will honor and lift-up our children,
For in them the light of Christ beams.
Amen.
Alydia Smith
The United Church of Canada
Amen
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How do we as a society defend ourselves against something so unthinkable, unpredictable, sporadic,
random, evil, we can,t keep letting this madness occur !? We cannot allow the wanton killing of our children to ever happen again!
Condolences to all citizens of Newtown!
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How many more of these massacres must happen before the US tightens up there gun laws?
Unfortunately that country is already so saturated with firearms.
What a cowardly act, may that piece of s**t burn in hell.
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How many more of these massacres must happen before the US tightens up there gun laws?
Unfortunately that country is already so saturated with firearms.
What a cowardly act, may that piece of s**t burn in hell.
So true, but, gun sales are up after this sad event. One guy buying a gun was quoted saying it is the'only thing making him feel safe and secure' the story went on to say he had another 30 guns at home. I wonder if this gun will make him feel safer than the previous ones.
Another patriot saying the old cliche guns don't kill people, people kill people.
This is such a load of bs. I say 'guns in wrong people's hand kill people'
Is there really a need for everyone to have an AR15 at home? This is getting out of hand.
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AR-15 is the civilian version of M-16 assault rifle and there is no practical reason for any civilian to possess that rifle.
It fires a 5.56mm standard NATO round which is designed to kill and maim people in combat situations.
They are not pratical for hunting or any other uses and I see no reason to keep selling this kind of weapons to the general public.
I think it is high time that our neighbors down south get their act together and put a ban on sale of assault rifles.
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what gets me is all the media coverage this is getting. show it on the news and end it their. posting pictures of people in ditress is not cool. pls no more specials on it 6 months later. i think these people live for this media attention and i fear the next clown is going to feel the need to outdo this guy. and yes i hope this small town can rebound back from all of this.
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some of the american solutions to this is to arm the teachers. dont think gunning someone down is part of a teachers job description.
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some of the american solutions to this is to arm the teachers. dont think gunning someone down is part of a teachers job description.
Wow! Must be same people that have 30 ar15s at home. Maybe all schools should look at putting security doors on classrooms only unlockable from inside or timer.
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We'll slash your budget, pensions and triple your class sizes, never mind though here's a glock so at least you'll feel safe.
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I heard that in 2011 there were 8 people were killed in Britain by guns, 167 in Canada and over 9,000 in the US
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NRA speaking publicly for the first time since the shooting in Newtown.
They believe the solution is to have armed officers inside all schools.
All the while firearm sales still through the roof across the US.
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NRA speaking publicly for the first time since the shooting in Newtown.
They believe the solution is to have armed officers inside all schools.
All the while firearm sales still through the roof across the US.
Typical NRA mentality. Let's arm the teachers. While we're at it, let's give guns to children for protection. >:(
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It's a sad, sad world when a human being feels the need to execute innocent babies and unprotected adults. Especially at Christmas time. My prayer's go out to those mother's and father's and relatives that have lost a loved one and I pray that God gives them the strength to make it through this alright.
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The NRA is a powerful group .its very hard to reason with them. All they want to do is promote more firearms
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It is a sad day indeed when a lunatic not only did the unthinkable of killing his own mother, but also these beautiful innocent children, and caused immense grief and sorrow to these familes. Why on earth America allows so many aweful weapons owned by civilians? What for? They should ban automatic weapons, assault rifles, anything which can kill masses of people within a short time. If they cannot stop lunatics from acting up, at least make it not so destructive each time this happens. If they cannot ban these weapons, at least charge the owners an arm and a leg to own one. Have a mandatory annual inspection of the weapon and its safe storage by authoirzed inspectors and charge an expensive fee for such service. This way the inspectors' salaries are paid by the gun owners themselves. Also make sure no family with mentally unstable member is allowed to own such guns.