Oak Tree, WI
In the wake of the Aurora Theater shooting in Colorado, a gunman has killed six and wounded three others before being shot and killed by a police officer at a Sikh Temple.
This brings up a point that needs to be addressed. Movie theaters and churches are "soft targets", as are schools.
A soft target is one that is not armored, or heavily protected. In a free society such as ours, this is to be the norm, not the exception. To protect us from attack while in these places, we would need to turn them into fortresses; harden their walls, install security systems, and hire armed guards around the clock. The U.S. is not ready to make this happen.
Information will come out about why this happened, and how it happened. The early information is, as it usually is, sketchy and often incorrect. In the meantime, all we can do is pray for the ones who were lost, and pray for the swift recovery of those who were injured.
Another thing we can do is to honor the police officer who was tending to a wounded victim when he was shot is to become the Sheepdog, like he was. Look out for each other, and don't allow yourselves to cower in your homes, like sheep.
Freedom requires vigilance, and we are indeed a free nation. Therefore we must be vigilant.
Be Sheepdogs.
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