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The news today was all about a guy that really should be irrelevant. The news reporting made consistent reference to a historical event and a sad day for Democracy. History or not – A sad day for Democracy was not about a narcissistic figure being arrested. It was sad because students in Nashville Tennessee had to leave their classrooms to protest the fact that no Republican had the guts to help bring about legislation that would limit and control the gun craziness that exists in the United States. There are more guns than people in the US. The sad truth is that if you vote for a Republican you are voting to perpetuate this insane escalation of gun violence. There continue to be more absurd reasoning the political leaders are assigning to this most recent shooting at a school. Rep Burchett (in a mark of real intelligence) was quoted as saying “criminals will be criminals” {reminds me of the “boys will be boys” when what’s his name was raping and grouping women} Then further proving his insensitivity and thoughtfulness he tried to suggest an analogy of his father being shot at in World War II. That comment was only appropriate because the shooter used a military rifle to shoot unarmed children and teachers. Other than the fact that we allow civilians to buy and carry military rifles his comments had absolutely no relevance to the situation.
Are we insane? We have bastardized the Second Amendment; found a myriad of other excuses to justify this insane part of everyday life in the US. The only way out of this is to vote for a Democrat. We have no other power because no elected Republican will ever stand up to fix this horrible situation. Oh, the solution that the congressman had for his daughter – we homeschool her. Now there is a real man of the people.
I had every intention of writing something positive this week. However, all I could think about were these numbers.
3 ------ Nine-year-old children
3 ------ Adults
152 --- Bullets from a Military Assault Rifle.
A sad day for Democracy….