Please, in the name of the victims of the most recent school shooting in Parkland, Florida, let us begin to do something to change the national insanity of gun deaths.
Stop with the old lie — “guns don’t kill people, people kill people.” It is illogical, fallacious, wrong, and stupid. Guns are weapons and are designed to expel bullets that are intended to kill. That is their purpose. That is why they exist.
Guns kill people.
Guns are not used to make paintings; they are not used to drive screws into wood; they are not made to make omelets; they are not created to write letters; and they are not aimed at making sculptures.
Guns are made to kill. That is their purpose.
The United States has a history of gun ownership based on the 2nd Amendment. As I would say to my students, please do a close reading, parse the language, and understate what it says. If you do, then the phrase “A well-regulated militia” is crucial to understand. The militia of today is the National Guard–that is the militia of the United States of America. If you believe in the 2nd Amendment, then you should enlist in the National Guard.
Guns do kill people. Let us never forget that. And let us stop accepting the old lie.
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Reblogged this on K. D. Dowdall and commented:
If bloggers read this, please note, if you have an AR 15, you are not a “A well-regulated militia” by the United States of America as it states in our constitution. So, that means you should not have a weapon of war. If you wish to un-follow – please do.
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Karen, Thank you so much, and your comment is perfect.
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I reblogged your very intelligent, well said, argument against weapons of war in individual hands that are, by our Constitution, illegally owned. These weapons of war by individuals are not “a well-regulated militia”. Thank you, Charles, for posting this correct information for people who have not read the our Constitution.
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Karen, You are very welcome. It is time for citizens of the United States to read and understand the Constitution.
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Reblogged this on Die Erste Eslarner Zeitung – Aus und über Eslarn, sowie die bayerisch-tschechische Region!.
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Reblogged this on House of Heart and commented:
As Charles so eloquently expresses, it is time to read and understand the constitution. The 2nd amendment was not intended to provide citizens the right to purchase assault rifles.
Stand up for the lives of our most precious commodity, our children, or will we wait until they fix the problem at the polls.
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Thank you so much for the reblogging.
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I really felt this should be shared. Thank you for addressing this horrendous act and the lack of understanding or the refusal to accept the 2nd amendment as it is intended.
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You are very welcome, and I think we should all keep making this message known.
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Absolutely.
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I am further disturbed by the story of the young man who was taken down by police and detained because he was mistaken for the shooter, physically resembling him.
What in the world would we be looking at if teachers and others with GUNS had mistaken him for the shooter based on the description? Let me tell you: murder charges for someone trying to be a hero, yet another unnecessary set of grieving parents, another tragic loss of an unrealized life, and the ruination of the would-be hero’s life. Don’t tell me arming potential victims saves lives until ALL of the factors for errors can be eliminated!
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K.C., you are exactly correct. The main answer is always in eliminating assault weapons–handguns and rifles.
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Reblogged this on Becoming is Superior to Being and commented:
This Charles French posting was reblogged to me, now I’m reblogging it to my followers. It’s long past the time to stop the badness! — kenne
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Thanks for the thoughtful post, Charles. My heart is broken that the US hasn’t the political will to protect its children.
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You are welcome, and I hope these brave young people teach us how to have that will.
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Read , understand and learn .
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Well said.
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Propaganda and long held instilled beliefs — the age old obstacles to real change. And of course, the desire to profit. It needs a revolution to make a big change. Meaning it is time to stop thinking that voting is sufficient because the majority of the people are sheep. Evidence is clear. We are always in the same situation.
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You make excellent points, but voting is still the first and most powerful way to cause immediate change.
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With the kind of structure we have and to maintain civility, etc, voting is really all we can do. The key of course is to have the “non-sheep” thinkers vote. Those who can see clearly we have a very broken system should VOTE. it is up to all of us to get the do-nothings out of office.
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Yes, so we must continue to speak out, to educate, and to advocate.
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The first and last time I fired an AR was in the military. We weren’t told “to protect yourself…rather “to kill the enemy”.
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Thank you for this comment.
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Thanks for liking my interview with author Rachel Wright. You are so right about the situation regarding guns in USA. For most people outside the country it is puzzling, to say the least, that so many of your fellow citizens think the way they do about guns.
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You are welcome, and it is puzzling to many Americans also.
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