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People continue to bring flowers and tributes to place outside Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School where 17 people were killed on Feb. 14. Photo by Kathy L. Gilbert, UMNS
The tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School and most Americans' concerns about how to reduce the incidence and body count of such events has still proved a sad and disturbing holiday season blessing for those, like Academy Sports & Outdoors, who deal in the tools of such slaughter, and for the National Rifle Association, which uses member contributions to lobby for the manufacturers of and dealers in the instruments of carnage.
Lines (like the one above at my neighborhood Academy) quickly formed at counters of gun dealers and racks quickly emptied of assault weapons, large capacity magazines, and other tools of mass killing.
Here's hoping that 2013 brings at least the beginning of regulation of instruments of mass murder and a reduction in the obsession that some gun "enthusiasts" have for arms and accessories that are suitable neither for self defense nor for hunting and that only serve to maximize body counts. We all know that we won't be able to completely eliminate incidents like Newtown, but banning assault weapons and large capacity magazines may reduce the number of incidents and would certainly lower the body count.
We also need to have background checks and a waiting period for any sale of a firearm, including sales at gunshows and between individuals.
One of my hopes for year 2013 is that those folks who worry that the Second Amendment is somehow threatened get longer attention spans and discover that the second amendment contains twenty-seven words and that all of those words are important, not just the last fourteen, or the last four.
A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.
Definition: infringe: defeat, violate, frustrate, transgress
A visit to the gun department of Academy or a few moments within hearing of a gun range make clear that the "right of the people to keep and bear arms" has not been defeated, violated, frustrated, or transgressed. The body count in killings using guns makes clear that the gun situation in America is a long way from being "well regulated" and that America's gun owners do not, in any way, represent a "well regulated militia".
Caroline suppresses the Evil Clay menace with Maria's AR-15. Maria is calling the shots for her. Funny, with my hearing protection on I couldn't hear that dude in the background ramblin' on about his MRI or whatever...
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With me as closely as possible daily, these three items are symbolic of the struggle that Americans hopefully will never have to face. The fact is, our Government is as corrupt and greedy as a governing body could be and the most powerful man of them all is behind the corruption.
In times of emergency, disaster, riot, or great unrest the government can declare Martial Law which thus suspends every right we have as American Citizens. They will take our guns, our belongings, our vehicles and any stored food. They can use citizens for work (similar to slavery) and they can arrest and imprison indefinitely without any violation of any law.
A Dictatorship at its finest. This is the direction that our country is headed and "We The People" can't do a damn thing about it. What happened to representation and rule by the people huh? What happened to having a say in governmental matters. What happened to our vote actually counting for something as opposed to being a hoax to make us feel better.
Give me liberty or give me death. I pray that God will watch out for his people since our government couldn't care less.
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Friends,
We've got only one thing to show you today...and that's enough. I know we're not alone when I say that this patch represents the frustration and pain of a lot of people across this great country. Its not for everybody.
-Yanne, Violent Little Machine Shop person.
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We won't stand for one more day of the persecution of gun owners. How quickly people forget their history lessons. At first we were going to make this a "CA Gun Owners" patch, but the problem runs far deeper, and so many people across this country are tired of being discriminated against and shamed for exercising their rights. The silence ends now.
"Do you want a dictatorship, cause that's how you get a dictatorship". -Violent Little Machine Shop.
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- VLMS new patch launch letter (none of this is mine)
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The President's speech on the uniquely American tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School:
This afternoon, I spoke with Governor Malloy and FBI Director Mueller. I offered Governor Malloy my condolences on behalf of the nation, and made it clear he will have every single resource that he needs to investigate this heinous crime, care for the victims, counsel their families.
We’ve endured too many of these tragedies in the past few years. And each time I learn the news I react not as a President, but as anybody else would -- as a parent. And that was especially true today. I know there’s not a parent in America who doesn’t feel the same overwhelming grief that I do.
The majority of those who died today were children -- beautiful little kids between the ages of 5 and 10 years old. They had their entire lives ahead of them -- birthdays, graduations, weddings, kids of their own. Among the fallen were also teachers -- men and women who devoted their lives to helping our children fulfill their dreams.
So our hearts are broken today -- for the parents and grandparents, sisters and brothers of these little children, and for the families of the adults who were lost. Our hearts are broken for the parents of the survivors as well, for as blessed as they are to have their children home tonight, they know that their children’s innocence has been torn away from them too early, and there are no words that will ease their pain.
As a country, we have been through this too many times. Whether it’s an elementary school in Newtown, or a shopping mall in Oregon, or a temple in Wisconsin, or a movie theater in Aurora, or a street corner in Chicago -- these neighborhoods are our neighborhoods, and these children are our children. And we're going to have to come together and take meaningful action to prevent more tragedies like this, regardless of the politics.
This evening, Michelle and I will do what I know every parent in America will do, which is hug our children a little tighter and we’ll tell them that we love them, and we’ll remind each other how deeply we love one another. But there are families in Connecticut who cannot do that tonight. And they need all of us right now. In the hard days to come, that community needs us to be at our best as Americans. And I will do everything in my power as President to help.
Because while nothing can fill the space of a lost child or loved one, all of us can extend a hand to those in need -- to remind them that we are there for them, that we are praying for them, that the love they felt for those they lost endures not just in their memories but also in ours.
May God bless the memory of the victims and, in the words of Scripture, heal the brokenhearted and bind up their wounds.
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It is time to talk about firearms regulation.
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Ryan nails some targets with Maria's EBR (Evil Black Rifle). Ryan did Great once he got comfortable with his cross eye dominance issue (right handed but left eye dominant.)
The EBR is a Fulton Armory AR-15.
(turn up the sound to hear the shot!)
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Washington DC, March 24, 2018. A massive crowd here for the March for Our Lives Protest against the NRA and the absence of common sense gun laws in our country. The demonstration was sparked by students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School where 17 people were killed on Valentines Day by a shooter with an assault rifle.