19, February 2018 Mass Shooting – ban AR15’s
Following the mass shooting in Parkland
Florida, “Health Affairs” ranked the United States the most dangerous wealthy
nation in the world for children. Shooting deaths are 49 times higher than
other rich countries. The teenagers slaughtered in Florida had the gross
misfortune of growing up in a society that cares more about gun owners’ rights
than their safety. The pro-life Republicans are fond of declaring the sanctity
of the unborn child but withdraw such concerns once they are born.
The NRA has a chokehold on US lawmakers
silencing them with large donations. President Trump is a prime example,
providing cover for the crimes of the NRA by falsely conflating the Florida and
other massacres with mental illness and not the proliferation of guns. A report by McClatchy revealed that the FBI is looking
into whether Russian bankers with Kremlin ties funneled money through the NRA
during the 2016 election. The NRA is complicit in all mass killings.
What a grotesque legacy to bestow on future
generations of our children. We don’t love them enough to effectively protect
them. It is time to open the windows of our souls and scream loudly so that our
voices reverberate across the land and reach our stone- hearted lawmakers who
have sold their souls to the devil incarnate – the NRA and their enablers.
The AR15 is the weapon of choice for all mass
killings. It must be banned immediately.
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