Yet again another tragic shooting. A school in Florida. It happened on Valentine's Day. I'm sure you know about it.
Love vs. Hate. Hope vs. Fear. Empowerment vs. Establishment.
This time we find a phoenix emerging from the sorrows. From the very ones who were gunned down, come the voices of hope, voices for change, voices demanding protection.
Again and again we see various viewpoints as to the whys and wherefores of lack of change in gun control laws, mental health treatment, and the like.
Why does it take so many, many shootings for those in power, ie, our government, to see the real problem and do something about it? In a nutshell--money is their goal--which they get from special interest groups to empower them.
Like Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) said at a CNN town hall meeting in Sunrise, FL on Feb 21, 2018, when asked about accepting NRA donations, he replied:
"People buy into my agenda...I will always accept the help of anyone who agrees with my agenda."
The teenagers who survived being gunned down have not stayed down. They are addressing the issue head on: this is not a 2nd Amendment problem. We have the right to own guns. But why do we need "weapons of war," as some of the teenagers have fittingly described it?
We don't, bottom line. We have the military to defend our country, we have police to defend our neighborhoods. We may have a gun or two in our home to defend ourselves. Why in the world would we need weapons of war in our homes?
May God strengthen these teenagers, help them to grow through this tragedy. May they become the true leaders we so desperately need to protect us all.
We stand with you, students of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. And all others joining the March for Our Lives on March 24, 2018. Theresa M.
"Wisdom is better than weapons of war." Eccl. 9:18
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