Villisca Iowa Axe Murders

As much as I detest Wikipedia I'll use it in this case because it's like using Cliff Notes in college. Did you know there was a horrid event in the town of Villisca, Iowa whereby a mother, father, their four children and two neighbor kids were bludgeoned to death with an axe? Villisca is a community of 1,200 in southwest Iowa. You've never heard about this? Amazing to say the least. With all that's been going on in the country in the past few days one would think it would be on all the wires, the president would be speaking about it and the entire country would be reassessing it's values to see where we've gone wrong.

"The Villisca Axe Murders occurred during the night of June 9-10, in the southwestern Iowa town of Villisca. The six members of the Moore family and two house guests were found bludgeoned in the Moore residence. All eight victims, including six children, had severe head wounds from an axe. A lengthy investigation yielded several suspects, one of which was tried twice and acquitted. The crime remains unsolved".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Villisca,_Iowa_Axe_Murders

The above paragraph is what's known as a teaser. The event took place in 1912. Silly me, I fashion myself as a historian especially when it comes to Iowa but until a month ago I'd never heard of the Villisca murders. I like to think I know something about the location of every community in the state along with a smattering of its history. I even know the location of Podunk Center. Yep! It is a real place.
http://www.crestonnewsadvertiser.com/2012/04/09/podunk-center-gains-infamy-while-being-sold/abcg5zs/

The point is simple. With the murders in Aurora, Colorado we'll be subjected to endless governmental panels trying to tell us how we can eliminate violence in the country. There will be those who say we need to eliminate guns from our society just as has been done in Gt. Britain. Except, the crime rate in the Isles has skyrocketed since that ban was implemented. Actually, at the behest of Pres. Obama, a commission was begun yesterday. The result will be nothing. It's important to make the people believe the government and our elected officials care. I may be wrong and correct me if I am but I think there was a commission established to find out why Cain killed Abel.
We, all of us, should make book on how long this outcry over the violence in Aurora will last. Can you say 'Columbine'? The 24 hour news cycle runs the show and if elected officials don't show concern then the voting populace will take note.
The people who died in Aurora were the unlucky ones but they don't know how unlucky they were anymore. The sadness should go to their families: husbands, wives, children, relatives and anyone connected to the deceased and wounded.
Violence is the American way of life just as it is in Russia, China and the entire Muslim world. There was a period in this country from 1865-1890 called The Wild West. These people who lived in that era paved the way for the expansion of our country. It was a tumultuous period where many, many people lost their lives due to Manifest Destiny; our right to take what we deemed was ours in the way of land and conquest. Think not? Then how come there have been so many television shows and movies about the period that glorifies these events for such a short period of time.
Readers, I happened to be reading Ace of Spades HQ two days ago and there was a blurb about the millions of people who died in wars. There was a listing of the bloodiest wars and who started them. I'm talking millions and millions in each war. Check it out:
http://ai.mee.nu/historys_bloodiest_wars_and_who_to_blame You might note that the Chinese top the list.

Joe Stalin, the murdering thug from the old Soviet Union might have said it best about killing and murder: "One death is a tragedy; a million deaths is a statistic".

What happened in Aurora was a tragedy. What happened in Villisca, Iowa in 1912 was a tragedy. Nothing will change on this planet until God has the final say so about what He desires.

As far as I can tell the Iowa legislature did nothing to ban the sale of axes after the Villisca murders.

Footnote: How would you like to spend a week-end in Chicago especially on the South Side. That's where our current president got his start as a community organizer. Call me crazy but I think one job of a CO is to bring peace and harmony to his community.
Chicago is the murder capital of the United States. Chicago averages over 40 murders a month. Chicago is a cesspool yet I don't find anywhere in the media, except maybe for the Chicago Tribune, that we're hearing much about the mayhem.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chi-woman-wounded-in-englewood-shooting-20120720,0,705754.story