This past week "WE" lost two children: One to a gun related death and the other to the after-math of bullying:

Four year old Michael Easter got a hold of a firearm, shot himself one time and died as a result. Michael's father Mark is a Sheriff's Deputy (the gun was not his service weapon) who at the time was enroute to work when he received a call from his wife regarding the tragedy. Unfortunately Michael died from his injuries at the hospital.

Bailey O'Neill was twelve years old and in the sixth grade. He died as a result of injuries he sustained from being attacked at school - a broken nose, concussion and other injuries; he was subsequently put into a medically induced coma by doctors when a few days after the beating and being seen by doctor's he started suffering from seizures - he did not wake up! The school is of course sorry for the families loss, yet the two students accused of attacking Bailey received a two day suspension - no comment on if they will be criminally charged as Bailey also had a blood transfusion due to infection from pneumonia.

In My Honestly Sympathetic Opinion both these children came from what some would call the "Good Families" and no gang-bangers or those others called - the dependent or "parasitical" class, I have been reading & hearing so much about were involved. Which denotes that violence, crime, bullying or gun related incidences/accidents/death don't just occur in bubbles nor are they relegated to the poor or minority (better known as THOSE PEOPLE) communities.

I'm sure those standing so literally onSecond Amendment beliefs re: crime statistics & those people will be disappointed that they can't add Michael Easter to their tally nor will they help Mark who knew well about gun-safety, yet in an unguarded moment - a lack of safety took his son - he was a Sheriff after allnor will it stop the pain, recrimination or angst from rippling throughout the rest of his life.& Bailey's parents won't care about the "zero-tolerance" policy (which to me is no policy at all) of school administrator's - their son is gone, and no amount of sympathy or I'm sorry will bring him back & neither will whatever they decide or not to do with the two young children who help cause his death - either directly or indirectly.

"WE" can continue down the path of blame, ignorance & failure as if time is all "WE" have & our children will continue to suffer for it!

In My Honestly Sympathetic Opinion Michael and Bailey were both let down by our apathy - guns don't kill people or some 4 year old in an unguarded instant, yett a hunk of metal (some will say either both or one of his parents were negligent, yet if there hadn't been a GUN present!) brought home DID and because "WE" arecomplacent in that "WE" can't stop the bullying in our School's esp. with a non-policy like "zero tolerance," which is not as effective as SAY a proactive assembly every month or an open-forum with students & faculty ACTUALLY DEALING WITH THE SUBJECT/PROBLEM!!! Yet "WE" just continue on& on spending our time engaged in calling others "parasites" and insinuating that death, crime, guns and bullies are ONLY the problems of those people,the poor or due to Liberal or governmental leniency (which is my understanding from some ONLY applies to those mentioned as well - tsk, tsk) the polorization has become the catalyst that our children learn the BULLYING FROM TO BEGIN WITH - along with other things "WE" do and say!

The human condition is complex true enough, yet there are rotten apples in every Orchard & SH** happens EVERYWHERE, but you do not burn down the Orchard because of a few nor do you ignore rot; death is not the end, yet to Michael & Bailey's parents it won't feel that way for a long time & if "WE" just apathetically brush past these losses - turningmore blind eyes and ears to them - "WE" are the COLLECTIVE parasites - that will continue to COLLECTIVELY let down more of our children, but that's just -

IN MY HONESTLY SYMPATHETIC OPINION!