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Canadian Teen Commits Suicide After Alleged Gang Rape

4/11/2013

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17 year old  Halifax, Nova Scotia high student Rehtaeh Parsons was taken off life support on Sunday, three days after she tried to hang herself. Rehtaeh was sexually assaulted in November of 2011 by four teenage boys.  After the assault there was a photograph of the teenager circulated online and to the cell phones of her friends. Leah Parsons, Rehtaeh’s mother said that she was taunted, relentlessly bullied and repeatedly on the receiving end of sexually harassing phone calls. Because of that hate, Rehtaeh was emotionally distraught and often had thoughts of suicide.

As of this date, no criminal charges have been filed against her attackers. But the family met with Canadian justice officials on Wednesday urging them to reconsider.


Glenn Canning, Rehtaeh’s father posted on his blog on Wednesday, that he tried everything in his power to save his daughter’s life:

“I asked her repeatedly what I could do, was I doing enough, what did she want from me? She said she just wanted me to be her dad. To make her laugh. To do everything possible to keep a part of her life normal. She said it helped more than I could ever know.”

Her mother Leah wrote a tribute to her daughter on her Facebook page:

"Rehtaeh is gone today because of the four boys that thought that raping a 15-year-old girl was OK and to distribute a photo to ruin her spirit and reputation would be fun. All the bullying and messaging and harassment that never let up are also to blame. Lastly, the justice system failed her. Those are the people that took the life of my beautiful girl.”

Rest In Peace Rehtaeh.  May god bless and keep your family.

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Deputy's Wife Killed By 4 Year Old Nephew

4/10/2013

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The congressional debates continue regarding President Obama's Gun Control Initiatives.  More guns laws, no more gun laws. Re-vamp current gun measures, enforce the ones we have.  Background checks, no background checks.  Ban assault weapons and large capacity magazines or leave things the way they are.  

Unfortunately, none of that would have made a difference in the tragic  accident that occurred Saturday, April 6th in Lebanon Tennessee.  A Wilson County Sheriff’s Deputy’s wife was shot and killed by the couple’s 4 year nephew at the couple’s home during a cookout.  In this horrible incident there were no large capacity clips used, no assault weapons and the gun used was not illegal. 

Josephine Fanning was accidentally killed with a weapon registered to her husband, when the law enforcement officer was showing his gun collection to a relative in the couple's bedroom.  Josephine and the little boy walked into the room and the child picked up the loaded weapon that was lying on the bed. He then shot and killed Mrs. Fanning.  The gun used was not Deputy Fanning’s service pistol.

Deputy Fanning in a written statement said that he put down his off-duty weapon “only seconds before the tragedy.”  

"I would like the viewers to know that officers of Wilson County do not make a habit of leaving loaded guns simply lying around. The door to the room the accident happened in stays locked unless we were sleeping or we were in it. This was the only loaded gun in the house other than my duty weapon, which was locked away."

This is such a sad story. The horror that Fanning and the couple’s family and friends must have experienced that day.  And that poor little boy, what must he be going through?  He probably thought the gun was a toy. 

I am all for people owning guns, but safety is a must.  It wasn’t smart to be showing  guns in an unlocked room during a gathering where there are children roaming around. 

The Tennessee Bureau of Investigations is involved and as of yet no charges have been filed.

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