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Category Archives: gun safety
A Couple Of Thoughts From Last Week
What is a conservative? What about shooting victims that survive? We have gone through an absolute convulsion of media micro coverage on the Charlie Kirk shooting. One of the most interesting offshoots was the firing of Jimmy Kimmel for making … Continue reading
Posted in #trumpresistance, gun control, gun safety
Tagged conservative, cost of guns to society
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Itโs The GUNS!
The Much Misunderstood Second Amendment (13 minutes): Heather Cox Richardson Guy Zapoleon Posted on Facebook ย By Heather Cox Richardson ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐๐ฏ๐น๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป๐, ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒโ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ป๐ผ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ผ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐บ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ. by John Pavlovitz Sadly, this sentence is evergreen at this point, … Continue reading
Posted in #trumpresistance, gun control, gun safety
Tagged Minneapolis school shooting, school shootings, second amendment
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A Note On The Death Of Minnesota Speaker Melissa Hortman
The violent death of Minnesota Speaker of the House Melissa Hortman last week was a real shocker in Minnesota. It certainly reverberated in Iowa. The similarities of our cultures in the upper midwest has long been a source of friendly … Continue reading
Posted in gun control, gun safety
Tagged Gilbert, hate, Melissa Hortman, Mike Lee, Minnesota, violence
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Sandy Hook Was 11 Years Ago Last Thursday
1 minute: ย It is so incredible that in the eleven years since that horrible day MAGA Republicans and the National Rifle Association (NRA) have been able to totally stop any real action on the top killer in the country. … Continue reading
Posted in 2024 election, gun control, gun safety, Republican hypocrisy, Republican Obstruction, Republican Policy
Tagged engineering in safety, fraud, NRA
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Sick Of The Murders Of Children? Do Something!
Rep Jamaal Bowman calls out Republicans as cowards (2 minutes): ย Do you remember a little over a month ago when far right Republicans were displaying pins depicting assault weapons as if they are some kind of fun toy? I do … Continue reading
Posted in Children, gun control, gun safety
Tagged contact your representative, mass shootings, school shootings, thoughts and prayers
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Tuesday Is The 5th Anniversary Of Parkland Mass Murder
(2:30) February 14th was once most noted in the US as Valentineโs Day, a day for love. Unfortunately now for many in this country February will be forever be associated with one of the most senseless of all the senseless … Continue reading
Posted in gun control, gun safety
Tagged Antonin Scalia, Feb. 14 2018, guns, Parkland mass murder, weapons of war in society
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Marketing Death Machines To Children
Got this email the other day from Everytown For Gun Safety. This on the heals of one 6 year old child shooting his teacher in Virginia and a video showing a 4 year old child in diapers wandering around his … Continue reading
Posted in gun control, gun safety
Tagged every town for gun safety, marketing guns to kids
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New Year, Mass Shootings On Pace
Well, this should came as no surprise. The changing of the calendar had no effect on Americaโs bloody lifestyle. Five days into the New Year and we have 10 mass shootings in the country. I canโt seem to copy the … Continue reading
Posted in gun safety
Tagged gun suicides, mass shootings, public health
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“America Is A Gun”
Another day, another mass murder in America. No other country has this problem.ย In a country that blathers on and on about “freedom” there can can be no real freedom until we overthrow the tyranny of the gun. In his … Continue reading
Posted in gun control, gun safety
Tagged Domestic terrorism, Sandy Hook murders, terrorism
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Reminder: Victims Of Gun Violence Scarred For Life
Cooper Roberts, 8 year old victim of the July 4th Highland Park shooting, has a long haul ahead of him (35 seconds) It has been what? around 50 days since the mass shooting by a teenager during a July 4th … Continue reading
Posted in 2022 Election campaign, Charles Grassley, gun control, gun safety, Joni Ernst
Tagged carnage, gun laws, gun victims
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