LNF News: Week of 1/14-1/18

Hello, everyone! It’s time for LNF News again! Granted, a little late, but better late than never! Fox will be writing with this text, while Lee will write with this font.  Any Editor notes {that’s Blossom} will be in italics.

The new Boeing 787 does not seem to be getting off to a good start. At least two have had to be grounded due to battery failure. The Boeing 787 is made of lighter material and more electronics than previous jets, in an effort to cut down on travel costs. Well, it might just be going up instead. The lithium-ion batteries don’t seem to be standing up to their expectations. All over the world, all Boeing 787’s have been grounded, causing many cancelled flights. Of course, “We are confident the 787 is safe and we stand behind its overall integrity,” Jim McNerney, Boeing’s chief executive, said in a statement. I do wonder why they had to ground all the jets, when only two incidents had occurred. Better safe than sorry?

About 60 hostages from various countries are still missing from an attack by Islamic militants on a gas plant in the Sahara. The militants have offered to give two American hostages for jailed terrorists. The Algerian forces had launched an attack on them but this was a failure and the result was the deaths of 4 of the hostages. The Islamic militants freed about half of the original hostages but most still have not been found. Read the full story here.

The public’s feelings toward gun laws seems to be shifting a bit. Whereas before the Newton shooting, 39% of Americans wanted more gun control, the number is up to 54% (mind you, numbers mean nothing – just taking the numbers from the article!) The people of America are stressing background checks and no selling of semiautomatic guns and guns with large magazines. Yes, those can do lots of damage, but as you can see from the picture below (remember, numbers are only general, but it’s got a good point) that semiauto’s aren’t the big threat. The common gun is. I think background checks will only help so much, as much of a person’s being can only be determined so much from their actions in the past. Really, I’m not sure what the (human) solution is to the violence shown lately. I think the right to arms is important – I heard a discussion once about how teachers in schools should be allowed to have guns. Why? So that if a student pulls out a gun at school, then the teachers can have a defense to try to stop the student – cause a stalemate or something. *In Ohio, a public school has allowed one teacher –a former police officer –to carry a gun while teaching.*

Anyway, what are your thoughts? Feel free to comment! We will see you again later this week!