Everyone in the nation has heard by now, I'm sure, about the shooting incident in Tucson, Arizona that left 6 dead and many others wounded, including Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords. She was shot in the head and has miraculously survived thus far. Her doctors are, we're told, optimistic about her recovery.
Out of the 6 people who died, one was a little girl. This is so tragic. I can't imagine what her family is going through. It just makes me sad.
The young man who shot the Congresswoman and the others there apparently suffers from mental illness. I'm not surprised. I think to be able to shoot someone in the head and then fire into a crowd of people is a symptom of some sort of mental illness. There's obviously something wrong with you mentally if you can do that. That's not to say this person should be excused or pardoned for his behavior, but certainly it is not normal behavior.
Now there's a lot of political talk going on now, with a lot of finger-pointing and blaming and posturing. Sometimes it makes me just want to move and live somewhere else. Canada. Or Sweden. Or Italy! A nice villa in Umbria with a red door and flowers on the patio. That'd be nice.
-A
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