Suicide, Kids Giving Up Hope: A Heartbreaking Local Story and Memories Of Losing My Friend To Suicide At A Young Age

 

Last night I first heard the news that an 11-year-old San Tan Valley, Arizona boy whose father was a police officer committed suicide.  Samuel Epps, 11, became upset after an argument with his father, went into his parent’s bedroom, locked the door, took his father’s unsecured 9mm handgun and fatally shot himself in the head.  Every indication pointed to suicide and not an accidental shooting.

Initial reports stated that there was no known mental health conditions the boy suffered with nor was there ever any indication he had thoughts of hurting himself or thoughts of suicide.  Sadly in Arizona there is no law that requires a gun be locked up and kept out of the reach of children.  There are laws on neglect though which this case could fall under.

 

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Source: worldhumanrights.wordpress.com

Shooting instructor accidentally shot with Uzi by girl, 9, dies

A 39-year-old shooting instructor accidentally shot by one of his 9-year-old students on Monday has died.

Source: www.8newsnow.com

 

Why do the parents think it’s a good idea to teach a 9 year old how to fire an Uzi?

 

Now this poor 9 year old girl has to live with the fact that she accidentally killed this man for the rest of her life.

 

#LastWords: A Tribute to Men Killed by Police –

  Shirin-Banou Barghi created this series of graphics dedicated to those killed by police officers.   – Click through for more –   Source: goodmenproject.com

Sheets of Blood Streets of Pain

 

Racism is not dead in this nation. Shame on any of us for trying to bury the inherent and blatant racism of the United States and its people, it has always been part of our makeup and it has come roaring back in its full and awful glory in the past decade…”

 

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Source: valentinelogar.com

‘I was not going to cower:’ Man who shot unarmed Michigan teen takes the stand

A Michigan man accused of gunning down Renisha McBride took the stand in his own defense Monday.

Source: www.cnn.com

 

Trigger happy United States.

 

Man brings assault rifle into Phoenix airport, then…

Police arrested a 54-year-old man after witnesses said they saw him displaying an AR-15 at Sky Harbor.

Source: www.azcentral.com

 

If he was Black or Brown and brought an assault weapon out in public what would happen?

 

Remember what happened ten seconds after seeing 13 year old Andy Lopez carrying a toy gun that looked like an assault rifle?

 

Andy was shot 7 times within 26 seconds. The eight bullet missed.