Sunday, February 10, 2013

One Million Dollars for Christopher Dorner

If you've paid attention to the news at all this week, you should have heard of Christopher Jordan Dorner. Dorner was a Navy veteran and an ex-LAPD member. Dorner is said to have been upset over his firing from the force in 2009. This rage has caused him to go on a deadly shooting spree that has so far killed three people and injured two others. The LAPD is currently sweeping the Big Bear mountains in pursuit of Dorner. As aforementioned the current reward for information that leads to the arrest and capture of Dorner is set at one million dollars.

As with last week, today I've decided to talk about gun violence. However unlike last week where I touched on gun ownership this article, I feel, had more to do with the mental aspect of the current gun law debate. The mental aspect being a man going on a shooting spree primarily because he was fired. While there are most likely other things that provoked him, it makes me wonder how seemingly insignificant of an action can set a person of a path of destruction. All of us have a few things that tick us off and it makes us angry and frustrated. Since almost all people In the world have these thing that make us tick, we as a nation and as a world need to find a way to address these problems in people so that we can help people cope with their anger. Any ideas on how to do this?

2 comments:

  1. Forgot this:
    http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2013/02/dorner-manhunt-1-million-reward-expected.html

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  2. It sounds as if they're pretty sure they got him in that cabin. They found charred remains in the cabin they had him holed up in. Apparently, propane tanks were the cause of the fires to begin with. Still it's good to be rid of this domestic terrorist.

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