Political Quotes

“the tragedy which occurred in Jonesboro, AR, this week raises many questions. Two come to mind immediately. Why do children kill? I do not know the answer to that. I have heard a variety of opinions from people who suggest that violent television and violent movies are somehow contributing to this. There are others who say, if the children would just pray in school, it would make all the difference in the world. Some look to the families more than the schools; others think the schools have a greater role to play. We will debate at length, and I am sure many of us will come up with a lot of different explanations as to why children reach that point in their young lives when they would take the life of another. But the tragedy in Jonesboro raised another question which I think we can address because it is a simpler question. It is a question of, how do children at that young age come to possess lethal weapons? Think about it. An 11-year-old and a 13-year-old with 10 firearms--rifles, shotguns, and handguns, and 3,000 rounds of ammunition--went into the woods behind that middle school, tricked the students out with a fake fire alarm, opened fire and shot off somewhere in the range of 30 to 40 rounds before they were finally stopped. Four little girls were killed. A teacher, who deserves all of our recognition and praise for her courage, stood in the line of fire to protect one of those little girls and lost her own life.”