Kelly: Violence shatters illusion of safety for Newtown, Conn. (survived the Von Maur shooting )

[Omaha Steve]

http://www.omaha.com/article/20121215/NEWS/712159893/1707#kelly-violence-shatters-illusion-of-safety-for-newtown-conn

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Matt Miller/THE WORLD-HERALD Fred Wilson, who was wounded in the 2007 Von Maur shooting in Omaha, said he can see no end to violence in modern society.

By Michael Kelly
WORLD-HERALD STAFF WRITER

Even for Fred Wilson, the peaceful voice of reason amid violent irrationality, the shootings of little children in Connecticut defy rational explanation.

Will the horror of mass killings ever stop? After this massacre of innocents, will such unspeakable incidents somehow come to a halt?

“They will never end,” Wilson said calmly. “We will never end this. It is societally out of control. We will never, so to speak, be safe in this world.”

As chilling as that thought may be, we must admit it is true. A parent in Newtown, Conn., said people thought their small town was the safest place in the world. But no place in the world is safe — not even small-town New England classrooms.


FULL story at link.