Copycat murders are a real problem. The mass media need to think long and carefully before they give too much attention to horrible crimes--or they may push some people over the edge into more horrible crimes.
Do you know someone who is mouthing off a bit more than seems appropriate? Do they seem really, really angry? Have you tried to calm them down a bit? Do so. Don't let them become a tragedy, such as this from April 4, 2009 KDKA-TV:
A man opened fire on officers during a domestic disturbance call Saturday morning, killing three of them, a police official said.1. Poplawski is certainly going to be disarmed.
Friends said 23 year-old Richard Poplawski feared the Obama administration was poised to ban guns.
Three officers were killed.
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One friend, Edward Perkovic, said Poplawski feared "the Obama gun ban that's on the way" and "didn't like our rights being infringed upon."
Another longtime friend, Aaron Vire, said he feared that President Obama was going to take away his rights, though he said he "wasn't violently against Obama."
2. His actions, in addition to allegedly causing three police officers to be murdered, have done nothing but strengthen Obama's gun ban efforts.
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