Tucson Shotting

Referring to what Tiffany said: I can see how the shooting could effect our right to bear arms, but I have not read anything about our right to bear arms being taken away due to the shooting. I hope that the shooting doesn't effect our 2nd amendment but I don't personally think it will.

After reading a little bit more about the shooting on January eighth, I learned that the man responsible for the shooting, Jared Loughner, may be looking at the death penalty for the attempted assassination of a congress member. I understand that Loughner did a lot of damage, and many people were hurt. I understand that he committed a crime and broke the law therefore he should be punished. What doesn’t make sense to me is that he may be looking at the death penalty because the person he shot was a member of congress. It makes me wonder if the people he shot were not congress members if he would be getting in the same amount of trouble, if not then it makes me think that congress members are more important citizens which is not what America is supposed to be about. Each citizen is supposed to be equal therefore I don’t understand why Loughner is getting more punishment due to the fact that the people he shot were members of congress.

Paul LePage

Referring to Tiffany: I disagree. LePage did politely decline the invitation, he was not rude until the NAACP accused him of treating blacks different in the state of Maine.

I feel as though LePage was a bit rude but really he was just defending himself. The NAACP asked him to join in an event on Martin Luther King Jr. day and LePage politely declined. After LePage declined the NAACP accused him of being racist and confronted him. I think LePage was taken aback by the accusation and felt the need to defend himself. Though the comment “kiss my butt” didn’t need to be used, it did make the point clearer. If I was put in the same situation, I might have used that language too because the accusation was way off. LePage had the choice to join in on Martin Luther King Jr. day and he didn’t, if a different citizen declined as well it wouldn’t be as big of a deal. The NAACP are probably just looking for attention and it wasn’t right of them to accuse our governor of being racist.