Hi fellow Blind Democracy folks,
I sent this out yesterday and thought I would share it with you.
Charlie.
They are dead. No words can bring them back. Our sympathies to their friends
and relatives may provide solace, but do not erase the pain that is too
excruciating as to defy reality.
Like you, I am caught between disbelief and an anger that can only be described
as fury. They were murdered for the sin of being human and wanting to live out
their humanity. There is no justification for this in any measure. There is
only intellectualized theories as to what might have been and what may have
happened to bring on the horror. Here is what I think and I really don't give
a damn about all the people who urge caution and reasonability in the face of
this despicable act.
The list continues to grow from little children being slaughtered, to religious
fanatics killing innocent people to make some point to folks they don't even
know, from killing people in church because they are not white, to shooting up
people in a movie theater for some reason I am sure even the shooter does not
know, and finally to the mass killing of LGBTQ people simply because they have
a different sexual orientation than others!
Already the President condemns it and there will be calls for gun control and
of course the same old tired arguments from the NRA will be made and we will
all be made sick by the inaction and hand wringing.
Enough! Enough I say! The second amendment to the Constitution had its
purpose, but it is for damn sure it was not to make sure innocent people get
killed because someone else does not like what they stand for. We don't need
more discussion, we need gun control now and we need especially to rid
ourselves of assault weapons. I know we have heard this before, but it is time
we wrote our congressional representatives and Senators demanding that they
pass reasonable gun control and do it now. No more pretty words that mean
nothing in the face of the body counts. No more high sounding speeches about
the constitution as we witness our people being slaughtered by mingless
violence.
We are a nation of laws and we need to observe them. Most important, we need
to insure the safety and wellbeing of our people and not allow the tools of
killing to prevail.
As I started out. They are dead and no words can bring them back and I grieve
for them and their loved ones. I will write my Congressman and Senators
tomorrow to ask their immediate attention to this and let them know if they
don't show me real action to deal with this, then I will show them real action
by either not voting for them and voting for someone who will do what needs to
be done or I will simply not vote. I have voted in every election since I was
eligible to vote and I want to continue to exercise that franchise, but voting
for the status quo is no longer viable.
Charlie Crawford.
