After 25 years, gun violence still haunts former Bristol student
Twenty-five years after a bullet to the head nearly killed him, former bully Steven Bernard still bears the scars, physical and emotional, of that cold day in 1988 at Bristol High School. He drags his left leg when he walks. His left arm hangs lifeless at his side. And his head still shows the path [...]
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Like many parents across the country, Katie Sousa of Bristol spent the weekend trying to make sense of the senseless tragedy that occurred on Friday at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. “He is petrified,” Ms. Sousa said Monday, of her eight-year-old son. “I had to reassure him that it was safe.” When [...]
Read More →Sadly, we have thrown God out of our lives
To the editor: When senseless violence like the tragedy in Newtown, Conn. happens, the experts talk about issues like ineffective gun control, better mental health services, increasing violence found in realistic videos, and stronger security in schools. But I do believe the most essential solution is being avoided. Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a Lutheran pastor who died [...]
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