31,347 in 2009
Number of deaths associated with guns in the US.
Wish I had the number for 2010, 2011.....

We are saddened for the victims, their families and those that loved and cared about them.
We should be sad for ourselves, too.
We get this news on our iPhone, or a pop up on our computer and we are stunned -  stunned that this has happened.... again.
Really?
Stop being surprised.  It's insulting.
You are not that stupid.
As long as it is legal for US citizens to buy weapons that were only ever intended for warfare, stop being surprised.  It's insulting.
Now, I live in Texas - what I call the 'belly of the beast'.
I have friends and family that are hunters.  Deer, game birds, hogs, all kinds of things that you wouldn't ever even think of eating today.  So, I understand that you want to have your hunting arsenal.  I cannot be made to understand why any US citizen needs a Smith and Wesson M&P15 (a semi-automatic with a 100 round drum magazine), a Remington 870 Express Tactical shotgun. 2 .40 caliber Glock handguns, gas canisters and body armor.
Stop being surprised.
It's insulting and it also minimizes the deaths of the victims.

Rush Linbaugh Said What...?

First, I've never been a fan.  The anti-fan, perhaps even.
I have to tell you that I'm spending today finding out who the sponsors are of his show and putting my meager money where my less meager mouth is.

Let me make sure that I got this right - Rush Limbaugh, the person the GOP fears more than the rapture, called Sandra Fluke - the Georgetown law student that was refused the right to testify at the contraception hearing a (and I quote - I don't want to JuSt use quotation marks) 'S-L-U-T'.  A slut? Really?
And if that wasn't bad enough went on to say (here's the quote stuff again)  "If we are going to pay for your contraceptives and thus pay for you to have sex, we [...] want you to post the videos online so we can all watch." 
So, I've decided to start putting my actions where my heart is.  This won't be easy - cause I'm sure I'll find out that something that I dearly love is behind some atrocity! 
Be strong!
First - check out this link to all the companies that are sponsoring Rush Limbaugh's show -  BoycottRush.org.
Grow a pair, people!