Sentences with phrase «of senseless tragedies»

If we want to reduce the number of senseless tragedies like we saw in Connecticut we need to stop blaming law abiding citizens.

EMMA GONZALEZ: They say that no laws could have been able to prevent the hundreds of senseless tragedies that have occurred.

«While the mood is somber and our hearts go out to the victims of this senseless tragedy, the people of Las Vegas are united in strength and resilience,» Jay Weintraub and Caribou Honig, the founders of the annual event, said in a statement.

Klein said we must «continue to reevaluate the place of guns in our state and our society» Senate Republican Leader Dean Skelos, who is also part of the new Senate governing coalition, did not mention gun control in his reaction, but did say «there simply aren't words that can express the sadness and shock of the senseless tragedy.»

We're saddened by the news of the Boston Marathon and don't know how to make sense of a senseless tragedy.

A number of little asides involving him, most notably one concerning his agent and best friend Sammy Smith (Eddie Marsan) and his driven, intelligently outspoken wife Sophie (Helen McCrory), are magnificent, while a final dialogue between the actor and one of his writers in the wake of senseless tragedy had me choking back a handful of tears.

The effects of a senseless tragedy can be devastating to all involved, as physical, emotional, and financial ramifications can dramatically change the course of one's life.

Not exact matches

Last week: We started this year's legislative session with many crisis issues facing our state; from Hurricane Irma and the opioid crisis, both of which impacted — or still impact — virtually every area of the state, to the senseless shooting at the Fort Lauderdale airport, and then the horrific tragedy in Parkland.

And in the wake of so many acts of senseless violence like those of Aurora, Colorado, Sandy Hook and the Boston Marathon, we worry that we're never truly safe anymore — that we're vulnerable to tragedy at any second, that so much could be lost if we only find ourselves in the wrong place at the wrong time.

If he believes that God is at the beginning as well as at the end, the Alpha as well as the Omega; if his hope for the future arises out of his faith in God's eternal presence; it is because he discerns the manner of God's presence and the way of his working in the strange person of Jesus of Nazareth, in his life and teaching, and not least in the bitter and apparently senseless tragedy of his death.

«My prayers, and those of every Catholic parish and school in England and Wales, will be with her family and friends, the staff and students of Corpus Christi Catholic College in Leeds, and all who have been affected in any way by this senseless tragedy.

«The murder of Islan Nettles was a senseless tragedy and we commend the New York City Police Department and Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance for their hard work in the pursuit of justice,» said City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito, Council Member Inez Dickins and the City Council LGBT Caucus in a statement.

Today we march in solidarity against a senseless tragedy that took the life of Ackeem Davis.

«We're deeply appreciative of what police officers do every day, and this is a senseless tragedy,» Mark - Viverito says on Sunday night.

«The senseless loss of a young and promising life, and the circumstances surrounding this tragedy, require an immediate response,» Stringer said in a statement Wednesday.

But what began as a senseless tragedy transformed into a glimmer of hope as the students of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School began to come forward and speak out against gun violence.

As our nation continues to mourn the victims of the senseless Virginia Tech massacre, many bloggers» thoughts turn to the question of whether this tragedy could have prevented or whether others like it can be prevented in the future.

The South Florida United Youth Soccer Association memorialized Alyssa on Facebook, writing, «SFUYSA and Parkland Soccer Club sadly announce the loss of one of our own in the senseless tragedy at Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School yesterday.

Many of us used them to escape from the tragedy of the school shooting, the senseless deaths of police officers this past week, and the constant political arguing.

Days later, I couldn't shake the feeling that I needed to go to New York and see «ground zero» and in some way pay my respects to the thousands of innocent people who had lost their lives in this senseless and terrible tragedy.