Hair on
Fire - Stand with the Kids!
By Carla
Feinkind
Another
crazy person slaughtered 17 people at a high school. Same old. Except this
time, the kids stood up!
Across the
nation, high school kids are marching out of classrooms! They're declaring that
NOW IS THE TIME TO BAN ALL MILITARY-STYLE WEAPONS, TO REQUIRE RIGOROUS
BACKGROUND CHECKS, and TO GET THE NRA MONEY OUT OF POLITICS. The kids took
their message all the way to Trump.
Of course,
Trump, the NRA and the GOP tried to deflect. "It is not guns, it's crazy
people!" "There's nothing we
can do." But, there are "crazy" people everywhere, and yet we're
the only country with such high numbers of gun deaths! No! The problem is the
ease with which people can get military style assault weapons and inconsistent
gun laws, not mental health!
Still,
Trump, the GOP and the NRA say we need better mental health records. But then,
why did Trump RESCIND the executive order that Obama signed which kept the
mentally ill from buying guns? And why does the GOP want to gut healthcare and
Medicaid when those are the only safety nets in place for mental health?!Now,
Trump touts the NRA's dangerous idea of arming teachers! Beyond the financial
problems – who will pay for the guns, training, and insurance – there is the
emotional dilemma: what if a teacher
kills a student in a melee, or a kid steals the teacher's gun to settle a
score? Then, there's the tactical issue – even trained police have a hit rate
of only 18% in a crisis!
Eventually,
Trump "agreed" to ban bump stocks, to raise the legal buying age to
21, and to "look into" the mental health issue. This is a start, but
it is not enough!
STAND WITH
THE KIDS! CALL CONGRESS AT (202) 224-3121, CALL OFTEN!
- WE
WILL NOT VOTE FOR ANYONE WHO TAKES NRA MONEY!
- WE
DEMAND A BAN ON MILITARY-STYLE WEAPONS IN CIVILIAN HANDS!
- WE
DEMAND RIGOROUS ANNUAL BACKGROUND CHECKS!
- WE
DEMAND A LIMIT ON THE SIZE OF AMMUNITION CLIPS!
WE WILL NOT
LOOK AWAY! WE WILL BE PART OF THE SOLUTION! WE STAND WITH THE KIDS!
