Young Boy Dies With Fake Gun

This Saturday, Nov. 22, 2014 photo of a BB gun taken from a 12-year old shot by Cleveland police is shown. A 12-year-old boy shot by police after apparently grabbing what turned out to be a replica gun died from his wounds Sunday, a day after officers responded to an emergency call about a someone waving a "probably fake" gun at a playground. One officer fired twice after the boy pulled the fake weapon, which was lacking the orange safety indicator usually found on the muzzle, from his waistband but had not pointed it at police, Deputy Chief Ed Tomba said. (AP Photo/The Plain Dealer, Cory Schaffer)




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I feel for this boys parents and my first thought is, with all the gun shootings and violence around, why would they, if they did, let him play with a gun, toy or not? Yes, he was at a playground and yes, someone did report that "someone" was playing with a possible fake gun, but the police were not told this, supposedly, and took drastic action when they arrived at the scene.




.....officers responded to an emergency call about a someone waving a "probably fake" gun at a playground.....




 When will we truly examine the impact that guns have on our society will never be known. Anyone that seems to try will no doubt be held back by organizations like the NRA. You can be that incidents like there will continue and that there will be many more deaths. Our philosophy, lots of which we learned in Foundations of Inquiry class, might not prepare us for the loss of loved ones, but It sure opened the door to many opinions out there.

The Team Of Life

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We did a good job in bringing up "The Facts of Life", so to speak. I think we definitely made very interesting reaches into our topic and showed proper analysis. I would have liked to go more into views and opinions but then our report would have been drowned in every opinion on the earth. So many of us have a different opinion on what life is that the main subject would be lost.























Life is what it is and many times you cannot argue about it. The Sociology and Psychology disciplines that we study in class cannot cover the total forest, only a few plants. It is an individual feeling and aspect that only the life follower can travel. I could not match someone else's experience and he or she could not match mine. We only go as far as we can go and then try to understand others and their journey.

Man And His Wisdom?

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When I first saw this image I thought to myself, What is man and what will he end up doing? Where are we in this messed up world and will we survive to see another generation? Sometimes, sitting back and reading the New York times I see nothing but war, scandal, death and misery and I wonder where will it all end. Philosophy, as we have discussed it in class seems to lead us to higher levels of thinking and experience whereas reality sends us down a dark path. Individually we need to think and be ourselves but when we group together, sometimes all hell breaks loose. Philosophy, such as learned in Foundations of Inquiry class, is one of our disciplines which means Love of wisdom, not violence.

I will not take sides on who is right and who is wrong.

  Another American hostage has been executed by ISIS or whatever group claims there injustices have been violated. Once again American policies are questioned and we have to deal with another possible bombing or drone attack which will probably end up killing once again some innocent people who just happen to be at the wrong place at the wrong time. then someone else will take an action which will irritate someone else and another attack, such as the Jerusalem one on November 17. They will respond which means the other side will respond to their response and on and on and on. I will not take sides on who is right and who is wrong. I will just say give me a spot on this international space station so I can get away just like all the rich and powerful who will be there as well. I am sure some of they are probably responsible for some of the bad going on, but who cares.

Two Children playing With Guns - Is This Right????

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This I assign to our Critical Thinking discipline and I think that what this picture displays speaks for itself. Two children playing with guns??? Fake or real does not make any difference to me. There is a danger here, and many questions to be asked. Where are the parents? What will they grow up to be like? Will they grow up and get the real thing if they are not already playing with the real thing? I am sure many parents groups would comment on such a picture. Nonetheless I feel that this is something that we must put a stop to. The society we live in does not need more guns, it need management of the guns that are already out there. All need to examine this issue more closely if we are to survive as a village, country or state.

Pictures Of Inquiry-Guns

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How could such a small looking piece of metal and chrome cause such damage. It is very simple. It is what it is designed to do. Not only individually, but worldwide. It was made to inflict damage pain and death. Unfortunately, there are too many out there in the world right now to even monitor and control. The ones we do know about, we try to monitor, but the second amendment allows citizens to have them, whether they are maintained, kept safe, used too much, or used too little. It is up to the individual who has it to watch it and in many cases it is foot loose and fancy free. In other words, out of control.

I always wondered how many of my Grandfather's brothers and he came back from world war two with many of them. Collectables from France, Germany and wherever. Even from my fathers time in Vietnam there was an allowance of soldiers bringing home anything as a keepsake. Having the military training helps to be able to use a gun but when people get old and pass on, many of the family left inherit "trouble". That's when the problems begin.

Classifying guns under our disciplines is a task indeed. I would count Political Science, Sociology, Logic and Psychology at least. All would be interconnected to this topic.