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Violence Is Not The Answer

A Chicago police officer was killed in a gun battle with a suspect Wednesday afternoon, and a suspect was critically wounded, a police spokesman said. The shooting happened on the city's South Side about 3:45 p.m., Officer Daniel O'Brien told CNN. The suspect was being treated at a local hospital Wednesday evening, but the officer died, O'Brien said. Officer Alejandro Valadez was a three year veteran of the Chicago police force. He was responding to a report of shots fired when a gunman in a car opened fire. Valadez's fiancee was also an officer 7th district. ABC7 has learned that she is pregnant. -(CHICAGO) (WLS)

As violence continues to plague Chicago's southside, many wonder when all of the violence will end. Not just in Chicago, but worldwide. What do you feel are some possible solutions to ending violence?

World News Wednesdays

Condoms For First Graders?

When the school board in Provincetown, Mass., voted unanimously on June 8 to provide free condoms to all students in the district without parental notification, no one in the audience objected. In fact, no one thought much about it. The school’s health advisory committee, relying on respected studies, worried that children were becoming sexually active at ever younger ages, and it believed protection was the best policy. the Massachusetts Family Institute hastily issued a statement saying: "Making condoms available to first graders bullies parents to submit to an agenda that promotes sexual promiscuity to innocent children at their most vulnerable age. “I guess the biggest thing [generating controversy] is that it’s for elementary school kids, but where do we draw the line?” School Committee Chairman Peter Grosso told the Boston Globe. “We’re going to revisit it." He said discussion would likely center around setting a minimum age for eligibility. But he promised that there would be some access for elementary school kids. -Fox News

Tell us your opinion. Do you believe that first grade is too early to start giving out condoms or do you believe that they should be prepared?