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People hold hands during a prayer vigil at Redemption Point Church on Thursday, July 16, 2015, in Chattanooga, Tenn. The vigil followed a shooting at both the Lee Highway Armed Forces Career Center and the Naval Operational Support Center on Amnicola Highway which left five dead, including the shooter, and a Chattanooga police officer wounded. People hold hands during a prayer vigil at Redemption Point Church on Thursday, July 16, 2015, in Chattanooga, Tenn. The vigil followed a shooting at both the Lee Highway Armed Forces Career Center and the Naval Operational Support Center on Amnicola Highway which left five dead, including the shooter, and a Chattanooga police officer wounded.

By Jay Greeson July 17, 2015 9 min read

We all have heavy hearts and send our prayers to the victims and their families of Thursday’s tragic, terroristic event in our wonderful city.

I have too many words right now and too many thoughts to say too much more, but we will discuss this on many levels in the days, weeks and months to come.

This is a discussion too big to be silenced and too important to be rushed. We are beyond the point of hoping it will go away.

Thanks to everyone who reads this and participates, and as I’ve always said, the exchanging of ideas is the first step to a better discourse which always leads to improvement.

From the “Talks too much” studios, join me in a moment of silence for the four heroic Marines who were killed Thursday right here.