The real crime? Our tolerance of gun violence
The violence was startling.
One minute a cute reporter was doing a fluff piece on TV. The next, screams and shots, and the screen goes blank.
That was reporter Alison Parker, 24, being shot point blank. The picture goes askew because cameraman Adam Ward, 27, was shot and killed as well.
The perpetrator was a former co-worker who took out his grievance of being fired on the two innocents.
Such is life in the U.S.
People vent their frustrations with guns. That’s how they “get even.”
Because the video of…
Susan Lynn-Register editor
Susan joined the Register in 2000 and succeeded her father, Emerson Lynn, as editor and publisher in 2001. He was at the helm from 1965 to 2000. The fourth generation of her family to publish the Register, Susan has also served as president of the Kansas Press Association and the William Allen White Foundation. She currently serves on the Kansas Commission of Judicial Conduct. She attended the William Allen White School of Journalism at the University of Kansas. She has a liberal arts degree from Western Washington University and a master’s of library science from Wayne State University. Susan is married to local physician Brian Wolfe. In their free time they love to travel, spend time with their grandchildren and take advantage of Iola’s amazing trails.
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