DISGRUNTLED FIRED EMPLOYEE SHOOTS CO-WORKER AND NINE OTHERS AT EMPIRE STATE BUILDING............

I awoke on this second morning of my 3rd annual Evaluation of my Kidney Transplant, in Phoenix, Arizona; to the breaking news of a shooting this morning at the Empire State Building in New York City.  The 53 year old gunman killed a former co-worker and wounded another nine people, before being killed by police himself.  Having been at and in the Empire State Building with my Irish visitors just three and a half months ago, increases the poignancy of this act of violence for me.  This latest occurrence of gun violence comes five weeks after 12 persons were shot and killed in a movie theater in Colorado; 6 persons had their lives taken at a Sikh temple in Wisconsin; and 3 died by gunfire near the university, Texas A & M.   New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, a leading voice for more gun control enforcement, who in recent weeks has challenged President Obama and Governor Romney, to do more to lead the nation in addressing the increasing gun violence we are witnessing vis a vis incidents like these, is most likely to rachet up his and others call that we do more as a nation to lessen such senseless attacks............Fr.  Troy