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A relatively wealthy man, by himself walks into a Las Vegas resort with TWENTY ONE pieces of luggage. That luggage contained TWENTY Four weapons, including FIFTEEN AR-15s, with bump stocks, and proceeds to turn a music festival into a war zone in TEN minutes. There are two stories; the first is about a musically talented couple and their professional wrestling twin sons. 

"Somehow this has become routine! The reporting is routine, my response, here at this podium ends up being routine, the conversation in the aftermath of it, we've become numb to this. We talked about this after Columbine and Blacksburg, after Tucson, after Newtown, after Aurora, after Charlestown. It cannot be this easy for somebody who wants to inflict harm on other people to get his or her hands on a gun." President Obama, 10/01/2015, after Umpqua Community College shooting

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James John Smith, Jr. was a dull guy, with dull parents, a dull life, and a stress free job dealing with noone but his computers. Change was something he neither liked nor cared for. But...Change was coming, and with that an event that would change his life forever......

"Somehow this has become routine! The reporting is routine, my response, here at this podium ends up being routine, the conversation in the aftermath of it, we've become numb to this. We talked about this after Columbine and Blacksburg, after Tucson, after Newtown, after Aurora, after Charlestown. It cannot be this easy for somebody who wants to inflict harm on other people to get his or her hands on a gun." President Obama, 10/01/2015, after Umpqua Community College shooting

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Darlene Richardson WAS a huge success in what had traditionally been a "man's world;" beer salesman for the leading distributor in Hartford, Connecticut. She lived in her home town, Vernon, CT, right near her favorite restaurant, Rein's New York Style Deli. She was liked and respected by both management, her fellow employees, and clients. Life could not have been much better...Until management had to fire someone that Darlene had trained; someone who was carrying something other than his lunch in a red lunch pail.

"Somehow this has become routine! The reporting is routine, my response, here at this podium ends up being routine, the conversation in the aftermath of it, we've become numb to this. We talked about this after Columbine and Blacksburg, after Tucson, after Newtown, after Aurora, after Charlestown. It cannot be this easy for somebody who wants to inflict harm on other people to get his or her hands on a gun." President Obama, 10/01/2015, after Umpqua Community College shooting

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Hoang Duc Lam had already lived several lifetimes: surviving a rickety boat while watching his family being swept overboard; having the good fortune of being taken in by a young Vietnamese couple who survived that same boat; discovering his love of cooking; opening a successful Manhattan Vietnamese fusion restaurant. But nothing prepared him for the ESL class he'd be attending with a Vietnamese girl who he'd helped into the food industry...

"Somehow this has become routine! The reporting is routine, my response, here at this podium ends up being routine, the conversation in the aftermath of it, we've become numb to this. We talked about this after Columbine and Blacksburg, after Tucson, after Newtown, after Aurora, after Charlestown. It cannot be this easy for somebody who wants to inflict harm on other people to get his or her hands on a gun." President Obama, 10/01/2015, after Umpqua Community College shooting

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Carlos "Papi" Perez loved everyone, and everyone loved him. A 31 year veteran jockey,.  he'd spent 21 years of his career riding for a Racing Hall of Fame trainer. He'd made over $4 million in his career; he loved his apartment, and his neighbors. Then he met someone who didn't like him...And everything changed.

"Somehow this has become routine! The reporting is routine, my response, here at this podium ends up being routine, the conversation in the aftermath of it, we've become numb to this. We talked about this after Columbine and Blacksburg, after Tucson, after Newtown, after Aurora, after Charlestown. It cannot be this easy for somebody who wants to inflict harm on other people to get his or her hands on a gun." President Obama, 10/01/2015, after Umpqua Community College shooting

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A little insight on the book, it's creation, and some of the references sprinkled through the first 10 chapters. At the end of this review are thoughts on why this book was written, and what the central character is proposing (SPOILER ALERT-It's NOT the banning or removal of ALL guns!)

The book will continue with Chapter 11--Fort Lauderdale Airport soon. 

"Somehow this has become routine! The reporting is routine, my response, here at this podium ends up being routine, the conversation in the aftermath of it, we've become numb to this. We talked about this after Columbine and Blacksburg, after Tucson, after Newtown, after Aurora, after Charlestown. It cannot be this easy for somebody who wants to inflict harm on other people to get his or her hands on a gun." President Obama, 10/01/2015, after Umpqua Community College shooting

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Dr. Elizabeth Blumfield had known happiness-academically, professionally, financially. She had also known tragedy-losing her parents during 9/11. But nothing would prepare her for what she was about to undergo, less than 5 minutes after deplaning from a successful business trip. Nothing.

"Somehow this has become routine! The reporting is routine, my response, here at this podium ends up being routine, the conversation in the aftermath of it, we've become numb to this. We talked about this after Columbine and Blacksburg, after Tucson, after Newtown, after Aurora, after Charlestown. It cannot be this easy for somebody who wants to inflict harm on other people to get his or her hands on a gun." President Obama, 10/01/2015, after Umpqua Community College shooting

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The warning signs were there; the kid had complaints against him in 2016 and 2017. Yet he was deemed ready and able to buy an AR-15 and kill students at a high school with it. This is the story of a talented young woman drawn unwittingly into the killer's Circle of Hell because of her amazing ability, and her determination not to let that stop her. 
Next: The Fort Lauderdale Airport Shooting

"Somehow this has become routine! The reporting is routine, my response, here at this podium ends up being routine, the conversation in the aftermath of it, we've become numb to this. We talked about this after Columbine and Blacksburg, after Tucson, after Newtown, after Aurora, after Charlestown. It cannot be this easy for somebody who wants to inflict harm on other people to get his or her hands on a gun." President Obama, 10/01/2015, after Umpqua Community College shooting

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At the time the largest mass shooting in U.S. history; and who should be there but two very successful young men, celebrating their birthdays on the same day, with dreams of travelling the world. Those dreams are shattered; in its place a new family, a new purpose, and a chance to, if not right this hideous wrong, at least to doing something about it.

"Somehow this has become routine! The reporting is routine, my response, here at this podium ends up being routine, the conversation in the aftermath of it, we've become numb to this. We talked about this after Columbine and Blacksburg, after Tucson, after Newtown, after Aurora, after Charlestown. It cannot be this easy for somebody who wants to inflict harm on other people to get his or her hands on a gun." President Obama, 10/01/2015, after Umpqua Community College shooting

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Samuel Ronald Terrance. No school after 7. Numbers runner from 7-15. Impregnates 2 13 year old girls and kills his first 2 men at age 15. Contract killer, making millions by age 36. Convicted, sent to Federal Penitentiary in Atlanta for 20 years...Yet it's when he gets OUT that the story gets interesting! He'll meet someone who'll make him walk into "Mother Emmanuel," and send him on the path to being one of The Assaulted.
NEXT WEEK: Pulse Nightclub, Orlando 

"Somehow this has become routine! The reporting is routine, my response, here at this podium ends up being routine, the conversation in the aftermath of it, we've become numb to this. We talked about this after Columbine and Blacksburg, after Tucson, after Newtown, after Aurora, after Charlestown. It cannot be this easy for somebody who wants to inflict harm on other people to get his or her hands on a gun." President Obama, 10/01/2015, after Umpqua Community College shooting