when will it be enough [View all]

By Liberal Librarian

Columbine came and went. We mourned, we vowed never again, we resolved to be a better nation. But it wasn’t enough.

Ft. Hood came and went. We mourned, we vowed “Terror won’t win”, we resolved to learn the lessons imparted. But it wasn’t enough.

Gabby Giffords will never be the same, and members from both sides of the aisle heaped praise on her. It wasn’t enough.

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It can’t be that difficult. Our freedom can’t depend on an armed nation. This is the 21st century; the frontier is closed; the natives have been subdued. Someone needs to explain to me why my freedom depends on my neighbor being allowed to amass an arsenal. Someone needs to explain to me why my freedom depends on an absolutist interpretation of the “right to bear arms”, an absolutism which doesn’t extend even to the amendment which precedes it.

Read the rest.

http://theobamadiary.com/2013/09/16/when-will-it-be-enough/#more-137092


Crosses representing those dead from gun violence since Newtown.

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/04/22/gun-violence-vs-terrorism-we-can-fight-both-dammit-this-is-america/