Sunday, November 4, 2018

Soothing the savage breast

All candidates should be required to play a duet with their opponents... and forbidden to attack them, instead of telling us exactly what they are for, and why.



That was the good morning news... But then last night, 60 Minutes aired this report on some of the devastated victims of AR15 rifle assaults. I wouldn't sing a duet with anyone who thinks our founders intended us to have the freedom to inflict that kind of mayhem on children. 

Joann Ward's five-year-old stepson Ryland Ward was hit five times and was nearly gone when he reached trauma surgeon Lillian Liao at San Antonio's University Hospital.
Scott Pelley: How much of Ryland's blood do you think was lost before he came to you?
Lillian Liao: At least half.
This is Ryland's ER X-ray.
Lillian Liao: You see the two bullet fragments that are in him.
Scott Pelley: The X-ray shows you the solid fragments of the shrapnel and the bullets, but it doesn't tell you much about the damage to the soft tissue.
Lillian Liao: No, and it doesn't tell you what's on the inside. I mean a bomb went off on the inside. And our job is to go in there and clean it up.
Scott Pelley: A bomb went off on the inside because of the shockwave from these high-velocity rounds.
Lillian Liao: Correct.
Ryland endured 24 surgeries to repair his arm, leg, pelvis, intestines, kidney, bladder and hip.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ar-15-used-mass-shootings-weapon-of-choice-60-minutes/

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