tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6479486285558251105.post2667695628875852388..comments2023-04-28T11:52:14.346-04:00Comments on Jericho Junction: The Main LineUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6479486285558251105.post-87308280755277150112007-12-07T10:24:00.000-05:002007-12-07T10:24:00.000-05:00RIDIN' THE RODSDecember 3, 2007 ~ Bridget DiCosmo ...RIDIN' THE RODS<BR/><BR/>December 3, 2007 ~ Bridget DiCosmo ~ Southeast Missourian<BR/><BR/>“An adult man and a child were found shot to death in a Jackson home Monday afternoon in one of the most violent shooting sprees in Southeast Missouri in recent memory, leaving three more severely wounded in what police are calling an apparent murder suicide.”<BR/><BR/>A Neighbor said:<BR/><BR/>"He didn't seem like the kind to go off the deep end,"<BR/><BR/><BR/>The Associated Press reported of Robert Hawkins:<BR/><BR/>Debora Maruca-Kovac, whose family took in the former foster child, said, “He was like a lost pound puppy that nobody wanted. I felt sorry for him . . . He wasn’t a violent person at all.”<BR/><BR/>Despite<BR/><BR/>“…the night before his mall attack, when he had shown her an SKS semiautomatic rifle - apparently the one he used in his murderous assault - she said she thought little of it, believing him to be a gentle, harmless person.”<BR/><BR/><BR/>John Gibson of foxnews.com writes:<BR/><BR/>“I suppose there were warning signs, but it also seems useless to talk about warning signs if no one will do anything. The warning signs should have told somebody to lock him up. They could force-feed him his meds. They could give him a lobotomy. They could keep him under lock and key forever. All of it would have been better than eight people dying because they were trying to get their Christmas shopping done and some demented excuse for a human being thought it was a good day to kill.”<BR/><BR/>Tim Reid the Washington reporter for the timesonline.co.uk pointed out:<BR/><BR/>“America was confronted with yet another gun massacre — an event that was not even the lead story in many of yesterday’s newspapers “terocioushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07397441938526847939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6479486285558251105.post-66533260394512514542007-12-06T23:27:00.000-05:002007-12-06T23:27:00.000-05:00Excellent post Tero. Lots to think about here. Tha...Excellent post Tero. Lots to think about here. Thanks.Sweet Teahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07672813719989448394noreply@blogger.com