Imagine the Numbers

In the previous blog, you learned of the drive-by shooting at an Arkansas college that killed 2, injured 1 and has now put 4 young African-American men behind bars.  

What horrible decisions some of these young men made.  What sort of hatred drove them to this?

The true facts of the case will come out sooner than later as will justice eventually prevail. But shooting into a group of people on a very busy college campus can not be excused regardless of the motives.   

It's hard to imagine the number of people whose lives changed in the short time it took the shooter (s) to shower at least eight shots of flesh cutting mini-missiles into the air,  targeting who knows what.  

But I know this, bullets have no names on them and it is lucky more people weren't killed or injured.   When you pick up a gun in anger you have no idea where the bullet may end up.  Watch the attached PSA and think about the young people in your lives the next time you pick up or are around someone who is playing with a gun.

A quick horrible decision to pull a trigger causes us to think of the mothers who will no longer be able to hug their children.  Think of the fathers who will never be able to toss a ball around with their son.  Think of the brothers and sisters who will never be the same.  And also remember each young man's extended family and how an entire community will be changed.

This has been a bad week for Arkansas in the national news.  A young and beautiful news reporter was savagely beaten and died.  Two lives were snuffed out in a senseless and very terrorizing event at a college and last but not least, a teen from Arkansas was arrested along with a co-conspirator from Tennessee for hatching a half-baked plot to kill more than a hundred blacks culminating with the assassination of Barack Obama.  All the while these two were going to wear white tuxedos and top hats.  Visit this website for information about hate groups and tolerance.

What is happening to us?  If you are the praying sort, send a few extra up for all of those who have been touched by these tragedies.  Our part of the world is not feeling well now.  We will get better.  The road is long...

Fear Grips Campus-  From AP