tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2987040098977019674.post5097504085427342341..comments2024-03-23T20:59:45.060-05:00Comments on Mid-Life Thoughts from Bob: Too close to home Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15978016568840318921noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2987040098977019674.post-65520803914718823842023-04-06T20:30:19.771-05:002023-04-06T20:30:19.771-05:00This was terrible. And tonight, your legislature h...This was terrible. And tonight, your legislature have expelled members who protested. I'm just catching up... a week later. Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18339789596944683688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2987040098977019674.post-39567181354621034162023-04-03T22:32:38.819-05:002023-04-03T22:32:38.819-05:00I don't know why, but this shooting feels diff...I don't know why, but this shooting feels different to me somehow and I have no real connection to Nashville. I can only imagine feeling as you do if something like this happened close to home.Beckihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16940604077427078249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2987040098977019674.post-5826724445917064432023-03-30T08:08:09.251-05:002023-03-30T08:08:09.251-05:00They showed pictures of those little faces and I c...They showed pictures of those little faces and I cannot help but feel just sick, just <i>sick</i>. One of those pictures reminded me of my Iris. <br /><br />Debbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09531125606268748793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2987040098977019674.post-69189122836684700512023-03-29T08:30:15.597-05:002023-03-29T08:30:15.597-05:00Nuch too close to be treated as just another piece...Nuch too close to be treated as just another piece of News I am sure.The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2987040098977019674.post-58766975897270222172023-03-28T13:51:55.813-05:002023-03-28T13:51:55.813-05:00I meant Nashville police of course and not Memphis...I meant Nashville police of course and not Memphis.Edhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13214319366049620074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2987040098977019674.post-62611197382539498252023-03-28T13:51:19.049-05:002023-03-28T13:51:19.049-05:00I thought about you when I heard the news. Hopeful...I thought about you when I heard the news. Hopefully police forces across the country have learned the hard lesson of Uvalde. The Memphis police seemed to have not paused and as you said saved lives. <br /><br />I'm on the schoolboard for a private religious institution and we are currently in progress of doing security upgrades. The state was really pushing for better locks on our doors (they do lock) but as we have seen by the released video, locks slowed down this girl a matter of seconds. We are instead focusing on things that work better like security cameras with police access and solid interior doors.<br /><br />Besides the loss of life, it saddens me that we will spend a couple weeks rehashing the same old assault rifle debate which will go nowhere thanks to our deadlocked congress instead of focusing on more pragmatic solutions which may have stopped this such as allowing doctors and law enforcement to put red flags on a national database with universal background checks. Even those are band aid solutions for what is most definitely a cultural issue on how we have chosen to raise our children.<br /><br />I hope I am proven wrong on all counts.Edhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13214319366049620074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2987040098977019674.post-68813989337304271572023-03-28T13:47:10.428-05:002023-03-28T13:47:10.428-05:00I just find it hard to comprehend that these thing...I just find it hard to comprehend that these things are still so commonplace. Being so close to home must be traumatic for the whole community.JayCeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01373622852406554111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2987040098977019674.post-14500097560870783092023-03-28T13:24:04.903-05:002023-03-28T13:24:04.903-05:00I have no words, Bob. I have no words, Bob. Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00859017153454691633noreply@blogger.com