Terrorize the Amish

I consider myself fortunate to have been able to enjoy Amish country in several states, and have been invited inside an Amish home. I consider that a privelege!

The mother load of all Amish life is Lancaster County Pennsylvania. Bird-In-Hand, Lancaster, Nickle Mines, Intercourse are towns are significant percentage of Amish and Mennonite with their peaceful hard working culture made up of families who go to extremes in order to stay simple. As you travel and occasionally see the name "Yoder" you can be sure that you're not far from an Amish or Mennonite family. Sometimes there is an Amish store nearby with fresh home made baked goods, cheese, produce and meat. Do not pass that opportunity! Here in Georgia there are Mennonites, a more progressive version of Amish who enjoy priveleges of electricity, cars and telephones, but who base their personal lives on the simplest of style. They are peaceful. They are non confrontational. They are bonded together to help each other and live side by side with each other...peacefully! In Wisconsin, Illinois, and Kentucky along two lane roads you will see occasional Amish or Mennonite settlements. Their lives, as with their brotherhood in Lancaster are based on peaceful simple principles all centered on God. Peaceful. Simple. Caring. Hardworking.

And today in NICKEL MINES, Pa., a milk-truck driver carrying three guns and a childhood grudge stormed a one-room Amish schoolhouse, sent the boys and adults outside, barricaded the doors, and opened fire on a dozen girls, killing three people before committing suicide.

At least seven other victims were critically wounded. It was our nation's third deadly school shooting in less than a week. It sent shock waves through Lancaster County, a picturesque landscape of horse-drawn buggies, green pastures and neat-as-a-pin farms, where violent crime is virtually nonexistent. In fact, some of the communities have a near zero crime rate and therefore do not have a police department. No need for police if there is no crime!

What is happening??? Does anyone know??