Not sure how much press this story is getting elsewhere, but we aren't far from Kansas City so are hearing quite a bit. Jovan Belcher was a 25 year old member of the Kansas City Chiefs (NFL) who killed his girlfriend with their young daughter in the next room then later killed himself. It's a sad and very hard to understand story. It resonates in our house because earlier this year a couple who was extremely close to us were also victims of a murder/suicide. The link below is to a short story from CNN that I think is very perceptive in how the author tries to make some sense out of some disturbing trends in our society. Every time we've debated gun control over the years I always seem to come back to the same point, its not the guns per se that we need to address, its the pressures society puts on the people using them and the negative and even desperate situations people get into when they feel there is no other choice. I'm not looking to restart that debate, I just thought this article was insightful. I'm going to call my son now to make sure he knows its ok to not be a rock solid macho man all the time...


http://www.cnn.com/2012/12/03/opinio...html?hpt=hp_c1