But when my 25-year- old middle son Peter shot himself in a moment of despair last April, I came full circle to the harsh reality that there are almost twice as many suicides as murders by firearm across America, roughly 19, 000 of the 30, 000 gun deaths each year.
Too many Americans worked too hard over the past six years to ensure that the middle class gets a fair shot to stop now.
Police say a man charged with murder as a hate crime shot Carson in the middle of one of the city's most progressive neighborhoods.
Seconds after Isaksson had denied Terry with a miraculous close-range save, he was beat by a shot straight down the middle of the goal from Walcott.
We succeed when everybody has a shot -- when the middle class is getting bigger, when there are ladders of opportunity into the middle class.
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And they were made to pay when Julio Arca picked out Emnes' run through the middle and the Dutchman calmly tucked his shot inside Simonsen's far post to move Boro 11 points clear of the relegation zone.
And something that's always been the greatest strength of America is a thriving, booming middle class, where everybody has got a shot at the American Dream.
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Although, when the Portugal international did drift into the middle, he had a long-range shot comfortably saved before guiding a free header from a Glen Johnson cross straight at keeper Michel Vorm.
Powers was raised by a middle-income single mom and almost missed his shot at the Olympics for lack of money.
Ostensibly, the shot would open up play in the middle, but over the long run it devalued size and interior skill.
Lundqvist appeared to have a good view of the 50-foot slap shot from just in front of the middle of the blue line and got a piece of the puck, but it trickled by him.
Luxury buyers were looking for the newest fashions with sales of the new BMW 3 Series, introduced in the middle of the month, taking off like a shot, pushing BMW ahead of Mercedes-Benz for luxury car leadership.
After the mid-match break, Murdoch played the shot of the game, drawing into the middle of the rings for a well-guarded one, which forced Edin to throw his final stone away.
Michalek skated the puck down the left side on a 2-on-1 rush, made a pass to Alfredsson coming down the middle, and then took the return pass for a shot into a wide open net.
Lucic passed it to Krejci in the middle and he immediately passed it to Horton, who shot a 20-footer from the right past Hedberg, playing for the first time this season after Martin Brodeur started the Devils' other four games.
The third shot came from almost 30 feet away, in the middle of a fast break.
Along with the 3-point shot, the ratcheting up of physical play in the middle rendered low post play less effective.
Tyrone led by 0-2 to 0-0 when Sean Cavanagh missed a goal chance for the Red Hands with his shot going inches wide after a typical charge through the middle of the defence.
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He collected a pass on the left side 25 yards from the goal, cut to the middle against a sagging Greek defense and fired an outward-bending shot toward the upper-right corner of the goal.
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President Obama believes in building an economy where those in the middle class and those fighting to get out of poverty have a fair shot.
Back in its golden age in the 1950s and 1960s, it offered middle-class people, not just techy high-fliers, a shot at the American dream complete with superb schools and universities, and an enviable physical infrastructure.
At the other end De Dea saved superbly from point blank range as Dempsey charged through the middle of United's defence while Bale again went close with another shot that took a nick off Ferdinand.
Russell and spotlighting a Middle Eastern lineup including "Wadjda, " the first feature-length film shot entirely in Saudi Arabia and directed by a Saudi woman, Haifaa Al Mansour.
Sabres scoring leader Thomas Vanek limped to the bench after taking a Christian Ehrhoff point shot off the hip during a power play eight minutes into the middle period and did not return.
But if you want a long-shot bet on a place that was once called the Switzerland of the Middle East, and on a country that produces some of the smartest businesspeople in the world, the Beirut exchange has its attractions.
"Of course I don't want any of my kids shot in school, " said Claudia Schreiber, 52, whose son attends middle school there.
It is a 1970 picture of a small tricycle, shot like the Ford truck from a low angle, with two lower-middle-class ranch-style houses in the background.
Rather than move the puck to the boards and out of danger, Niskanen attempted a backhand clearing pass up the middle only to send it directly to Porter, who had little trouble flipping a wrist shot by Vokoun for Porter's first goal since March 12, 2012.
Jutting conspicuously out straight into the middle of the net, is a gray plastic lever that actually registers when you sink a shot.
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And he said that it's Barack Obama's economic message that is resonating with middle class voters in his state, a traditionally Republican state, that Barack Obama has a real shot at this year.
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