Gun violence.

It's a sad topic but one that we keep reading about. One hopes "it never happens to us."

But odds are, you or somebody you know has been or will suffer an act of gun violence.

I got mine out of the way when I was young. My friend was playing with a family friend's gun and killed himself.

Now, that's not the gun violence we think of when we read the headlines.

But kids kill themselves and others OFTEN with a gun that hasn't been properly secured.

And for that, adults should be punished.

Better yet: Keep your damned guns out of the reach of children.

It seems so simple.

In other news...

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The devastated mother of 6-year-old Aiden Leos is talking for the first time since her son was shot and killed in a road rage incident on the freeway in Southern California. The young boy was killed Friday morning as his mother was driving him to school on the 55 Freeway.

“This is not okay…Whoever these people are and for whatever reason, this is not okay. It should never happen again. So whatever help this does, that's my intention, is for my son,” said Joanna Cloonan, the boy's mother.

Authorities say someone shot at the car from a newer model white sedan, possibly a Volkswagen, and struck Aiden, who was sitting in a booster seat. He was taken to the hospital where he was later pronounced dead.

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Make it a great day!

Bill

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