Comments on: Details Emerge On Mall Shooting Victims

A Look At The Men And Women Who Lost Their Lives And The Loved Ones They Left Behind

[refinebyfire]

To the person who questioned this story as being front page news: Being from Omaha myself, I find you to be extremely callus & cold! The reason these stories are front page is to remind us all that the people we love and cherish can be taken from us in a heart beat. It is important to squeeze your mom tight when you see her and to let you husband know how much you care all the time! Government issues are still important, mind you, but they will always be there. We are people who care for others and what happens to them or at least we should be. Seeing these stories should reaffirm the value of life we have. And just maybe seeing this story will change someone%u2019s mind about doing the same.

[mcv57]

luvcomments,
You sound disturb. I did not say they were "not prepared." Let''s pray that they all are. Are you ready, luvcomments, to die tomorrow. Or, are you in so love with this world that you ignore death. Death is a part of life . . . that is all I am saying. I do wish to comdemn, I do not know these people.

All I am saying is everyone should be prepared, let''s not blame someone (the crazies) or something (gun laws) for something that is part of our being. I cherish the U.S. Constitution, no other country on this planet can compare. Let''s not attack that law (although the Bushman violates it), for the sake of fear and anger.

Yes, luvcomments, you must die too. Perhaps by illness, by beating, by shooting, by poisoning, by bombing, by drowning, you will die. I will bit my entire savings on it. YOU WILL DIE; but hopefully not at the expense of the American freedom.

[ubrew12]

gunownerdan said: "Is [my AK-47] defective?" Do more hunting, less shining of your weapons. That''s the problem of America in a nutshell.

[incog-nito]

gunownerdan: Question: Why are you still bashing gun control laws when in fact there is hardly any, especially in Nebraska? You can get just about anything there, conceal it, the works.

[incog-nito]

lobo_SA: FYI: Nebraska already ALLOWS concealed weapons. So what''s your point?

[gunownerdan]

ubrew12, I have had an AK-47 style weapon for years and it has never shot anything but bottles and paper targets. Is mine defective?
The 7.62x39 caliber cartridge is actually quite popular for hunting deer and other game. It''s also much weaker than the typical hunting cartridge.

[incog-nito]

ubrew12: Good point. The reality is that there is ALWAYS some form of gun control. It''s just a matter of degree. Back in the days of the Constitution, the army and civilians have roughly the same armament, i.e. the rifle. If things have remained the same, today''s civilians would be able to buy grenades, rocket launchers, tanks, jets, etc. But of course they can''t. Why? Gun control.

[albruhn1]

We have created our own terrorists in USA. We deserve what we get, pure and simple. It''s time to repent, pure and simple. And, those that don''t, join the crowds of baseless complainers, pure and simple!

[lobo_sa]

I hear sit here and hear many of you howling about gun control and who (not yourself) is or is responsible for what this idiot did. I don''t hear anybody making any suggestions to correct this kind of tragic event from happening again.
What about concealed hand guns has anybody thought about that. What if citizens are allowed to carry a concealed weapon could that have helped...I think so. Even criminals and idiots don''t like thinking that a civilian maybe prepared to defend themselves. I beleive in the right to carry a weapon to defend myself and others. Having been a Marine and ex-law enforcement I have the benefit of training not all are exposed to. But that does not mean it can''t be taught.
What about holding your elected officials responsible for helping these people get the help they need to fit in with the rest of society.
We are slowly but surely eroding our ability to help ourselves and all the griping in the world isn''t going to change that once that happens.
Why don''t you try to come up with ideas to make things better rather than trying to figure out who to blame. I''m disappointed in the lack of common thought and citizen teamwork.
How could we have prevented this tragic event...by the way it was no accident.

[ubrew12]

Last summer, visiting my brother in the Big Island, Hawaii, we got to participate in a bow-hunt of pigs in the area. The hunter got a small female, perfect for eating. I''ve eaten pak in S America (a rodent), crocodile in the Carribean, I''ve even ''hunted'' for human bones in the Philippines (a traitor killed by the resistance during WWII). I''ve shot Prairie Dogs in Colorado, and eaten Alaskan elk, Sierra trout.

No matter what, hunting Americans will keep their hunting rifles, and homeowners will keep responsibly protected handguns. But an AK-47 is designed for just three purposes: to kill as many people as possible, as quickly as possible, as cheaply as possible. It''s a ''first strike'' weapon and, as such, has no place in any responsible persons arsenal. Americans, quit shining that ''equalizer'' in your basement, quit waiting for the much-anticipated invasion of the ''coloreds''... get out, greet the sun, and realize that this world is ''kill or be killed'' even if humans were extinct. There''s got to be a better way of living than waiting with one''s arsenal for Armageddon... time''s passing, and children who need our help are slipping between the cracks...