Anti-Abortion Activist Gunned Down Outside Michigan High School

i live in this town... honestly only blocks from where this shooting took place. its sad to think how close to home these types of things can get. yes im huge on free speech. everyone should have a right to say as they wish. with in reason. and no one should be murdered in cold blood for what they think and feel.

i have been face to face with this man many times. as he protested all over the city of owosso. hes well known here in town for his lewd signs and statements. i've heard screaming match's time and time again outside of very child friendly places. and for him to be at the high school protesting with his very graphic signs is not uncommon.

for at lest 10 years i have seen him holding up his signs and screaming. all while hooked up to a mask for his oxygen. it must have took his breath away to set long hours sometimes 8+ at a location. its been long the understory of this small town.
im not sure his personal story is or the one of the hard working man that was gunned down in his office at the gravel pit but there saying its all in the same. that the man with blood on his hands killed them both.

theres rumors this moring that theres also a 3rd body on west st. in a boarded up house just blocks over from the high school. as the shots rang out i was getting my youngest out of bed and putting out the trash. sirens broke the morning fog like a knife. i pulled out of my driveway to yellow tape blocking off the road as i turned out to get a paper.

this seems to have opened a wound around the country from this small little sleepy town. news vans are everywhere. rumors are the buzz at the local gossip spots. as you drive by planed parenthood in the city of owosso it is surrounded by people with red ducktape on there mouths with the words "life" in big black ink.

it makes me wonder what there message is. is it one that you have the right to speak your mind as you wish? or is it one that life was silenced by hate this morning. either way you look at it this is a war that has been raging for decades and this death of a protester of his free thoughts was one of many. im sure there will be more that will risk life and limb to get there message out. but what is the message we should learn from this tragic event?

i think its this.... life is a gift that can be taken at birth or on the side of a small town street with the whole world watching....... live as if today is your last and thank god for the freedoms we fought long and hard to enjoy!

-Mike Karl