I couldn’t agree more. Like millions of Americans, I am so upset over yet another massive assault on innocent citizens. The author of this piece accurately express the feelings of millions of Americans at this time.
Global Grind – By Michael Skolnik
I am absolutely sick to my stomach. My hands shake. My heart sinks. My mind is numb. We are all sick to our stomachs. We all shake with the deepest sadness we possibly can imagine. An unimaginable sadness.
The faces. The small, innocent faces. shocked. terrified and confused. The small Sandy Hook elementary school children know not of this life. They know not of this disease that has plagued our nation. They know not of the violence that has sickened our soul. They walk towards safety without prayer, as they have not learned that prayer yet. They walk without knowing that they lost TWENTY TWO (maybe more) of their brothers and sisters, who have left this earth before they could even understand that it was round.
We are on this planet to protect our children. That is our job. That is our number one priority. And we have failed today. The teachers did everything they could. They did not fail. The parents did everything they could. They did not fail. The principal did everything she could. She did not fail. The police did their absolute best. This not about them. This is about us.
We are speechless, but we will not be silent. Not is these UNITED States. Not in this god bless America. Not in this land of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. We don’t care about politics. We don’t care about Republicans. We don’t care about Democrats. We don’t care about the National Rifle Association. We don’t care about the pundits on television. We don’t care about the ones who tell us we have to wait.
Today is not the day to talk about gun control or mental health care. Today is the day to finally DO SOMETHING about it.
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I do not disagree with you, however I first believe today is the day for prayers, tears, therapy and love. Monday we can talk about guns. Hugs, Barbara
The time for talking is finished. No one, but no one, can give a suitable defence for allowing anyone, anywhere in America, the right to own a killing machine like the Glock. There really is nothing further to discuss. It is time to look to the Occupy Wall Street movement who are struggling to wrest back control of our economy from the traffickers in greed and destruction. I say that we should save our very lives and the lives of the most innocent from murderers and their avaricious suppliers. We need to renounce and denounce the paid running dogs in Congress who cater to the every whim of the arms merchants.