‘There Are No Safe Places:’ Post-Navy Yard Shooting Questions

Going to work, writes Owings Mills Patch Blogger Joni Reynolds, should not be an act of courage.

Writing about the 13 people who died in the Monday shooting rampage at the Washington Navy Yard, she said:

 “These people worked in what can be described as a secure environment, but sadly there are no safe places. We have seen movie theaters, churches, campaign meet and greets and even elementary schools turned into killing fields.”

Reynolds asks for answers. More gun control?

“That conversation has been rekindled this week, but how can you control the acts of a mentally ill killer?” she writes. “One thing we all can do is pray for their families.”

Read Reynolds entire post here.

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