All these shootings..........the NRA's version of population control.......

History will call this the Age of the Cowards.
People look to weapons or group beatings to settle their disputes because they don't have the brains to use words or lacking those, the guts to just settle it hand to hand. Maybe we need to consider past wisdom. The Cherokees had a wonderful teaching story (see below)

Two Wolves

One evening an old Cherokee told his grandson about a
battle that goes on inside people.

He said, "My son, the battle is between two "wolves" inside us all.

One is Evil. It is anger, brutality, envy, jealousy, sorrow, regret, selfishness,
greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, and ego.

The other is Good. It is joy, peace, love, hope, serenity, humility,
kindness, benevolence, empathy, generosity, truth, compassion and faith."

The grandson thought about it for a minute and then asked his grandfather:

"Which wolf wins?"

The old Cherokee simply replied, "The one you feed."

Lakewood The All American City, much like Detroit.

I guess the soccer team was wearing the wrong team colors...

I lived in Tacoma for 9 years in the gang- and drug-infested Salishan and Hilltop areas. The only safe place I lived while there was University Place. I'm so glad to be back on the east coast since 1999. I don't miss the violence at all. I've spent a couple of evenings ducked down on my bedroom and bathroom floors counting 17-21 bullets pop off. In the 8 years I've lived in my town in Connecticut, there have been only five murders here, compared to that many in an average day in Washington State. Be safe people. We are living in the last days, and they are full of evil and lawlessness. No one has a regard for the value of human life anymore. Shoot first and ask no questions later. That's the mentality of our youths.

My dear Tacoma liberals,
You're just reaping what you've sown.
You've destroyed the family with welfare.
You've cultivated ignorance in your public schools.
You reward and nurture criminals in the so-called "justice" system.
Now, you have a city of grown idiots, who can't deal with their childish emotions. The slightest "dis" and you have gunfire.
Now, you have shootings at soccer games.
You can't be surprised at this, can you? Why is this even a crime? You created this yourselves, and now you don't like it? You can't have it both ways. You can't raise a community of criminals and then expect them to be anything else. Tacoma is a thriving garden of crime, thanks to destructive liberal policies.
Congratulations.

^^ "Insightful"...

WTF, do you have any basis for your argument? I could easily say just the opposite.

WTF make perfect sense.

The shooting was in LAKEWOOD NOT TACOMA, Tacoma is NOT LAKEWOOD!

I moved to Lakewood in 1982. I chose it over Detroit, Kansas City, and Akron . I find that this caliber of violence exists in any city USA. I don't pretend to know why or how to fix it. I found Lakewood to be the best choice for raising my children. Real neighbors and schools that really taught instead of passing the buck.

WTF must really mean WTF. What do liberal policies have to do with a dispute at a soccer game? People really have to stop making crimes like this into something bigger than they are. It was a dispute that ended tragically because of violent individuals with guns. End of story.

Siberia, All small things are parts of big things. I outlined some of the causes of this particular culture of violence in my earlier post. Liberals created these policies. The policies led to a culture of violence. Everybody can be violent, but some cultures ebrace violence. Ask yourself why? Spend some time really thinking about it. I'll give you some hints: It has nothing to do with skin color, George Bush, or guns. Think more in terms of maturity. Who lashes out when they don't get their way? Who screams and cries at the drop of a hat? Why is an entire culture of adults so immature? Why do we expect so little from people? Why do we treat adult criminals like children, and make them stand in the corner for a minute and then let them go? What is it that makes people mature? There, you've got some homework, little one.