The events that occurred in Connecticut demanded a call to action because the lives of young innocent children were taken and this could have been prevented. We as a Catholic faith-filled society need to pray for these young children and those adults involved in this horrible event. We can raise awareness to our community about gun safety and proper storage of weapons to keep them away from potentially harmful people. It is our job to bring this issue to people's attention from our dear neighbor to the President of the United State, we all need to take an active role in fighting violence if we actually wish to make a difference. From here we need to continue to push this issue to the fore-front of everyone's minds. It needs to constantly and consistently be on the agenda of as many people's meeting as possible.

Factory Fire

We as American need to be aware for where and what we buy. Too many people use the excuse "out of sight, out of mind," just because we cannot see the monstrosity and we are not directly involved with it. But that should not allow us to pretend it does not happen. I believe that most of the responsibility falls on the corporations but both the people and the governments should take action to raise awareness and combat this horrible issue. Corporations need to take some accountability for the treatment of their workers and be responsible enough to give them decent wages and environments to work in even though it may cost them more. It is not ok to give the workers "non-living" wages. The corporations must understand the hardship these workers live with and take responsibility for providing them a "living wage."