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Thursday, July 26, 2012

O'Fallon Teens Create Paper Cranes of Hope for Aurora, Colorado Victims

A Fort Zumwalt West sophomore gathered a group of friends and created paper cranes to bring peace to the victims of last Friday's shooting at the midnight premiere of "The Dark Knight Rises."

Fort Zumwalt West sophomore Nate Williams loves going to the movie theater.   Like many avid movie-goers, Nate and his friends went to a midnight showing of the new Batman movie, "The Dark Night Rises," on the opening day last week. When Nate left the movie, he was scrolling through his phone when he saw the news, that a man wearing a gas mask entered an Aurora, Colorado theater, hurled a gas canister and began shooting.  “I always go to the movie theater. It’s like a second home and it hit me really hard because the movies are like an escape,” he said. Nate continued following the story the next day, and when he heard 58 people were injured and 12 were killed, he said he felt compelled to do something for the victims and their families. “…

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Fort Zumwalt West High School, Colorado Shooting Prompts Heightened Awareness at Some Area Theatres, Living Word Christian High School, and 1 more ›

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Jordan Lanham

8:48 pm on Thursday, July 26, 2012

Thanks for sharing more photos Cyndi! :)   more ›

Sunday, July 22, 2012

Gun Control More or Less Likely After Colorado?

The St. Louis area represents both extremes in the debate in a single week.

There's no way to avoid it. The gun control debate re-emerges with every shooting like the one on Friday morning in Aurora, CO: A man kills 12 and wounds more than 50 in a movie theater at a premiere of the latest Batman movie, "The Dark Knight Rises." On one end of the gun debate, Missouri Rep. John McCaherty (R-90th District), of High Ridge, is set to raffle off the civilian version of the military M16 rifle at a fundraising dinner Aug. 27. The rifle is a legally owned AR15 rifle that was given to him by the NRA. Meanwhile, on the other end of the debate over guns — legal or otherwise — only two mayors in the area have joined Mayors Against Illegal Guns: St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay and University City Mayor Shelley Welsch. (It should be…

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John McCaherty Puts Up AR15 Rifle in Campaign Fundraiser Raffle (in Fenton-High Ridge Patch)

Rich Pope

3:33 pm on Saturday, December 29, 2012

I heard a sheriff speaking on the radio today. He wants teachers to have the option of conceal and carry. Do you know how bad of an idea this is? There are teachers who can't handle an angry parent on the phone let alone handle a firearm. Anyone who knows anything about elementary school teachers knows most of them are on anti-depressants just to handle the stress of their jobs. Do you really …   more ›

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