On February 7th, 2013 USA Today posted an article about how First Lady, Michelle Obama will be attending the funeral of a young girl, Hadiya Pendleton, who was killed from a gunshot wound to the back in Chicago. The girl had performed at the Presidential Inauguration with her high school band and drill team. Many civil leaders in Chicago are calling on the First Family to attend the funeral, in hopes that it will bring awareness to the extreme gun violence that has been going on in the city, with over 500 deaths in 2012. This topic is very hot in politics right now, because of all the recent shootings we have had around the country. Many people believe that Michelle Obama's presence at the funeral will spark conversations about the "scourge of gun violence in the city". The article is worth a read, because it brings awareness to a very sad event. I also think that it is really interesting to see how the First Family reacts in the wake of such a tragedy.