Kim Blackwell
Oskaloosa, Iowa | Age 67
On Thursday, December 17, 2020, Kim (Cyphers) Blackwell, loving wife, mother, and grandmother, passed away at age 67.
Kim Blackwell was born on October 4, 1953 in Alhambra, California to Shirley Cyphers.
On August 30, 1980, Kim married the love of her life, Tim Blackwell. Together they raised two children, Austin and Samantha, and three grandchildren: Harlow, Banx, and Bond, who lovingly knew her as “Gigi”.
Kim’s children and grandchildren were her entire world. She loved watching them grow and come into their own. Harlow, Banx, and Bond have dynamic personalities they all inherited from their Gigi.
Kim wasn’t a mother and grandmother to just her own blood, though. She was just as giving to strangers and her children’s friends as she was to her children and grandchildren. She opened her homes to the masses and always went above and beyond with grace and hospitality.
guns are just as valuable. so we have enough laws to put the violent criminals away, and i say this talking to law enforcement officials across the country that we have a problem with the public officials who need to i have to interrupt you, because we are out of time, but bob, i will let you have the last word here, because senator richard blumenthal made the point this morning on the sunday morning shows that you have to wonder if the universal background checks in a situation like this might have prevented this guy from getting a gun, and you have to wonder about it? no, i don t wonder, but it is a step in the right direction, but the craven and irresponsible politicians that the victim s father was speaking about just cower at the national rifle association and other people in the gun lobby. and thank you so much. bob franken, and ken blackwell, and kim, i know you wanted to jump in there, but we ran out of time. okay. you can tweet ken, he is all
seven people dead including the gunman. 13 of the feem who were shot are still recovering and two of them are in serious condition this aft afternoon. we want to talk about that now with the brain trust. we have an analyst and contribute for for the grio, and also joining us is ken blackwell, a senior fellow from the family research council, and the former mayor of cincinnati, ohio, and kim, i want to start with you, the father of one of the victims of the friday night shooting laid the blame yesterday and he was clear, and this is what he said, take a listen. why did chris die? chris died because of craven irresponsible politicians and the nra. they talk about gun rights. what about chris right to live? kim blackwell, we know the conversation going to happen in the next few days which is a conversation that we always have after a mass shooting like this,
and what are we going to do? so he can kill more people and excuse me, are we going to and there were more kids that died in swimming pools, and more kids that died in swimming pools last year than died at the hands of the mass violence committed with guns. so, you know and now, make a point. and how many death dos we have to have before we talk about this and kim, let me stop you for a second. and how many kids okay. ken, let me stop you, because we can t hear you. and let me start with the idea of the obvious misogyne, and the country is more and more violent and turning to guns, and again, weapons of mass destruction, and more and more, and in the old days, he probably would have gone and sulked somewhere or had a temper tantrum and now he is taking various weapons whether they are guns or knives and killing someone, and we are having a cheapening of life somewhere.
to remain there to train the afghans, but they can t stay there unless this agreement is signed. president karzai has refused to sign it. so both of the candidates for president have said they would sign it. it is a political move for him to go to afghanistan to show that he is meeting with the troops to show support. and he is not going to meet with karzai, and what is he going to do? he is going to want to show that we have a small group of forces to train the forces, and that is an effective way to help ir afghanistan. as we left iraq, and that was not the best plan, and so this is a better plan. by the end of this year, the transition will be complete, and afghans will take full responsibility for their security and our combat mission will be over. america s war in afghanistan will come to to a responsible end. so president obama there, again, david, as we heard there, and there was not a major foreign policy, and not a major foreign policy speech or national secu