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Clearly, nothing illustrates America's collective insanity than our love affair with guns. If we don’t act to curtail the AR15-style assault weapons mass shooting in this country, we may find ourselves confronting a domestic terrorist attack reminiscent of the helplessness we felt on September 11, 2001.
'The challenge of gun violence is not intractable,' says Patrick Sharkey. 'If states take basic steps to regulate guns, it will save thousands and thousands of lives.'
Some progress has been made on firearm violence in recent decades.
The devastated parents of abuse victim Darren Maher said they were tricked by the manipulative coach who preyed on him.
The parents of a man who drank himself to death have told how their only son was tortured by the abuse he suffered at the hands of his sports coach.