Theater Shooting Prompts Mayor Reed to Discuss Gun Control
The upcoming 13th anniversary of the day trader shooting in Buckhead is also playing into the discussion.
With the anniversary of the "Buckhead Massacre" approaching next week and the recent theater shooting in Aurora, Colo., gun control is once again on the minds of elected officials in Atlanta. Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed said Monday in an interview on 90.1 FM Public Radio that the mass killing in Colorado should force the nation’s leaders to take another look at whether or not stricter gun control laws are needed. Although he is not yet ready to endorse specific measures, Reed said “We definitely need to make sure it's a part of the national conversation again. I don't think that we're doing enough or talking enough about it." In regards to the Buckhead shooting, which itself made national and international headlines, Reed said it factored …
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Appalachian-American
8:53 pm on Thursday, July 26, 2012
This is not a "gun problem." It is an "Idiot Problem." Where are the parents of this sack of ******? Where is his doctor? Where are any of his contacts in life? All of them are hiding, because they know they didn't report anything to anybody..... more ›