Opinions on Tragedy 
Aug 6, 2012
PERRY: Another shooting massacre? Time to get deep-fat fryers out of the hands of criminals
It all proves that we need gun control like we need a hole in the head, gun-proponents say.
Aug 3, 2012
EDITORIAL: The timing is perfect for productive discussions about preventing the next Aurora movie massacre
Too soon? Can’t Hickenlooper and others see that it’s too late for the 12 people Holmes slaughtered, the dozens more he injured, and the hundreds that he terrorized?
Aug 2, 2012
PERRY: Massacre trial judge fires off the hush heard ‘round the world
With all grudging respect due to Arapahoe County District Court Chief Judge William Sylvester, don’t you hush me.
Jul 27, 2012
PERRY: Even after a week of horror, some of us in Aurora are afraid to blink
No matter what your spiritual stance, I don't want to think that any divinity would want this.
Jul 26, 2012
EDITORIAL: Lawmakers must find the courage to enact reasonable lethal weapon limits
Restricting some weapons will increase public safety. That’s reality.
Jul 25, 2012
Reflecting on the tragedy: scenes I’ll never forget
Six days after the seemingly non-stop coverage of the July 20 theater massacre, these are some of the scenes and accounts that will stay with …
Jul 24, 2012
PERRY: Aurora’s mass murderer by any other name is still James Eagan Holmes
Every person who is clamoring to strike his photo from news coverage of the tragedy couldn't take their eyes off his glowing-orange weirdness as he sat there in court like a bobble-headed troll doll.
Jul 22, 2012
COLE: Focus now on mental illness and care
Anyone brave enough to say mental illness doesn’t effect everyone now? There’s no question that the alleged gunman who killed 12 and injured 58 more …
Jul 22, 2012
PERRY: President Obama, make Aurora’s massacre the last one
For the sake of all that's sane, we have got to something so that deranged people can't put together a lethal arsenal of utterly destructive weapons faster and easier than you can get license plates for your car.
Jul 20, 2012
When horror hits home
I knew this neighborhood long before I wrote my first story for the Aurora Sentinel more than four years ago. The Sentinel headquarters on East …
