I took this picture of my son last April during a trip to Haifa, Israel. He is totally innocent, and blissfully unaware of the problems in the world. I only wish that I could shield him from the horrible things that seem to happen daily, but he is growing up and becoming more aware of the news and despite my efforts to protect him, he will want answers. When the Sandy Hook shooting occurred my husband and I decided not to talk to him about it unless he asked. Well, now we have had a terrible bombing in Boston, and he has seen the news and wants to know what has happened and more importantly, why would someone hurt people. Good question.
This week has been horrible for several reasons. First, was the terrible events in Boston, and the horrible images we saw on TV of the wounded. The news that 3 people lost their lives one of whom was just 8, same age as my son. Then to add salt to the wound we have an ineffective senate vote against passing a law that would require universal background checks for anyone buying a gun. Although approx. 80% of Americans support universal background checks our elected politicians felt that it was more important to bow down to the gun manufactures and NRA than to vote for what the majority of Americans of both parties want. I am sick and I am sad as I know that we will see another Sandy Hook, and we will all be appalled, but when we had the chance to take meaningful steps our elected politicians chose to support the NRA and the gun manufacturers over:
1. Charlotte Bacon (DOB 2/22/06)
2. Daniel Barden (9/25/05)
3. Rachel Davino (7/17/83)
4. Olivia Engel (7/18/06)
5. Josephine Gay (12/11/05)
6. Ana M. Marquez-Greene (4/4/06)
7. Dylan Hockley (3/8/06)
8. Dawn Hocksprung (6/28/65)
9. Madeleine F. Hsu (7/10/06)
10. Catherine V. Hubbard (6/8/06)
11. Chase Kowalski (10/31/05)
12. Jesse Lewis (6/30/06)
13. James Mattioli (3/22/06)
14. Grace McDonnell (11/04/05)
15. AnneMarie Murphy (07/25/60)
16. Emilie Parker (5/12/06)
17. Jack Pinto (5/6/06)
18. Noah Pozner (11/20/06)
19. Caroline Previdi (9/7/06)
20. Jessica Rekos (5/10/06)
21. Avielle Richman (10/17/06)
22. Lauren Russeau (6/1982)
23. Mary Sherlach (2/11/56)
24. Victoria Soto (11/4/85)
25. Benjamin Wheeler (9/12/06)
26. Allison N. Wyatt (7/3/06)
I want all of those who chose to vote against universal background checks to know that they have the blood of future murder victims on their hands. How would they feel if they had their child, sister, daughter, son, mother or father murdered?
So, help me understand... we can shut down an entire city to hunt a terrorist yet we cannot pass a law that would require a 5 min background check to ensure that the wrong people do not acquire a gun. Like I said it's been a terrible week.
2. Daniel Barden (9/25/05)
3. Rachel Davino (7/17/83)
4. Olivia Engel (7/18/06)
5. Josephine Gay (12/11/05)
6. Ana M. Marquez-Greene (4/4/06)
7. Dylan Hockley (3/8/06)
8. Dawn Hocksprung (6/28/65)
9. Madeleine F. Hsu (7/10/06)
10. Catherine V. Hubbard (6/8/06)
11. Chase Kowalski (10/31/05)
12. Jesse Lewis (6/30/06)
13. James Mattioli (3/22/06)
14. Grace McDonnell (11/04/05)
15. AnneMarie Murphy (07/25/60)
16. Emilie Parker (5/12/06)
17. Jack Pinto (5/6/06)
18. Noah Pozner (11/20/06)
19. Caroline Previdi (9/7/06)
20. Jessica Rekos (5/10/06)
21. Avielle Richman (10/17/06)
22. Lauren Russeau (6/1982)
23. Mary Sherlach (2/11/56)
24. Victoria Soto (11/4/85)
25. Benjamin Wheeler (9/12/06)
26. Allison N. Wyatt (7/3/06)
I want all of those who chose to vote against universal background checks to know that they have the blood of future murder victims on their hands. How would they feel if they had their child, sister, daughter, son, mother or father murdered?
So, help me understand... we can shut down an entire city to hunt a terrorist yet we cannot pass a law that would require a 5 min background check to ensure that the wrong people do not acquire a gun. Like I said it's been a terrible week.
Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/list-conn-school-shooting-victims-names-released-article-1.1221098#ixzz2Qx5JuF8O
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