For us to believe the overused line that you need a “good guy with a gun” to “stop a bad guy with a gun”, is a recipe for simply arming more people, and unwittingly doing the NRA’s calling of increasing the sale of guns for the manufacturers who prop up that organization’s board.

The road to better gun possession and safety laws does not have to be paved with polar-opposite, partisan arguments. Can we find common ground and come up with reasonable approaches to reduce gun violence?

Starting a few days ago, I’ve had several FB friends share a photo of a 40-something man in a commuter train. The caption says:

If this is your husband, I have endured a 2 hour train ride from Philadelphia listening to this loser and his friends brag about their multiple affairs and how their wives are too stupid to catch on.

I think my biggest take-away from such a tragic natural disaster like the Moore tornado, is that any one of us can go from riches to rags within a very short time. Could be a tornado, could be a lost job, foreclosed house, mental illness, or many other things.

On a day when several weak-kneed senators acquiesced to the NRA’s whim, and defeated a chance at making some progress in reducing gun violence, we have a stark contrast to how our country is dealing with the atrocities of Monday in Boston.

It is incredibly disturbing how quickly some loudmouths are calling the bombing a “false flag”, as if the FBI or other government agencies planted bombs with some ulterior motive. It is even more disturbing that some people are so paranoid that they believe these theories.

I’ve been told by some people that raising the minimum wage: a) would reward lazy employees; b) would be a disincentive to work more or harder; c) would be a disincentive to move “up the ladder”; d) was never designed to be a “living” wage; e) was designed for teenagers and those just starting out.