Slowhand
Pre-Banned
First, I have tremendous respect for the media who do their jobs and tell it like it is.
This part is hard to write and meant to in no way be disrespectful to those whose lives were tragically ended on June 29, 2018. An infamous day.
These fine people at the Capital Newspaper were honored as candidates for Time Magazine Person of the Year. They may have been deserving. But they would never have been considered were it not for the politics of the event. They work for a local newspaper belonging to the Baltimore Sun news organization. They had been threatened numerous times by the individual who tragically took their lives because of their professional activities. The newspaper chose not to press charges against this individual despite multiple threats over a period of time.
These people did not deserve to have their lives ended. They did not deserve what the criminal pushed upon them that day. They deserved the full protection of the law. Their employer, to avoid angering the alleged shooter, did not press charges which might have resulted in the individual being evaluated, or held for evaluation.
These people are actually "Victims of the Year". They were let down by their employer, and their legislators. A single person with a concealed carry permit could have made the criminal rethink his entire plan. He could have been wounded or killed. He was in effectively a "gun free" zone.
This part is hard to write and meant to in no way be disrespectful to those whose lives were tragically ended on June 29, 2018. An infamous day.
These fine people at the Capital Newspaper were honored as candidates for Time Magazine Person of the Year. They may have been deserving. But they would never have been considered were it not for the politics of the event. They work for a local newspaper belonging to the Baltimore Sun news organization. They had been threatened numerous times by the individual who tragically took their lives because of their professional activities. The newspaper chose not to press charges against this individual despite multiple threats over a period of time.
These people did not deserve to have their lives ended. They did not deserve what the criminal pushed upon them that day. They deserved the full protection of the law. Their employer, to avoid angering the alleged shooter, did not press charges which might have resulted in the individual being evaluated, or held for evaluation.
These people are actually "Victims of the Year". They were let down by their employer, and their legislators. A single person with a concealed carry permit could have made the criminal rethink his entire plan. He could have been wounded or killed. He was in effectively a "gun free" zone.
