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| (Pictured below: Daniel Barden, 6-year-old victim of Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting. May he rest in eternal peace.) |
As
you scroll through your computer in the comfort and safety of your
surroundings, please take a few moments of your day to read the article
below from the Washington Post.
As human beings, as US citizens, we have grown accustomed to tragedy and have become sadly, apathetic to much of it. As a parent, as a mom, I implore you to take the time to read this article, even if it is long, even if it makes you sad or angry. Even if you are pro-gun, anti-gun or could careless about it all.
It is absolutely unacceptable that our children must live in fear of going to school, the movies, the mall or anywhere else because gun violence has become so prevalent - as if every neighborhood was Compton or the streets of Chicago.
This is no way to live. Sure, we can take the attitude of, “that’s life now-a-days, get over it,” but I refuse to accept this as the “new normal.”
Less than a year ago, I had to visualize my own daughter hiding in fear, listening to bullets flying around, ricocheting off walls outside her classroom, as she hid underneath a desk, huddled alongside classmates, praying the shooter wouldn’t turn around and shoot inside her classroom, in SCHOOL!!
Yes, it happened. Yes, it's over and thank G-d she is safe. “Move on,” they say, but no one really knows what that was like, unless they lived it or have been to war. As well as the repercussions survivors have to face unless you are living it first-hand.
What about those people who didn’t make it out of school safely on February 14, 2018? Are we to forget them and do nothing? What about the babies killed at Sandy Hook?
When I visualize 6-year-olds hiding in a bathroom at school hiding from the “bad guy,” it breaks my heart. We spend our lives protecting our children from bad things and the proverbial “bad guy,” and this time and way too many other times, lately, the “bad guy” has won. 💔
Why were we so apathetic to letting these poor children die in vain?
Six years ago, I was in my own bubble, busy living my own life, as many of us were and are. Sure, I heard about Sandy Hook, I was devastated and saddened but did nothing. Why?! Why didn’t I speak out? Why didn’t this become a bigger issue for me? Why didn’t I try to help, or at the very least bring about awareness on the gun violence issue....because like most people, until it doesn’t affect you directly in some way, you do nothing.
I am not asking you to do anything else right now, other than read the article, then you can go about the rest of your day and enjoy your family, friends and health.
As human beings, as US citizens, we have grown accustomed to tragedy and have become sadly, apathetic to much of it. As a parent, as a mom, I implore you to take the time to read this article, even if it is long, even if it makes you sad or angry. Even if you are pro-gun, anti-gun or could careless about it all.
It is absolutely unacceptable that our children must live in fear of going to school, the movies, the mall or anywhere else because gun violence has become so prevalent - as if every neighborhood was Compton or the streets of Chicago.
This is no way to live. Sure, we can take the attitude of, “that’s life now-a-days, get over it,” but I refuse to accept this as the “new normal.”
Less than a year ago, I had to visualize my own daughter hiding in fear, listening to bullets flying around, ricocheting off walls outside her classroom, as she hid underneath a desk, huddled alongside classmates, praying the shooter wouldn’t turn around and shoot inside her classroom, in SCHOOL!!
Yes, it happened. Yes, it's over and thank G-d she is safe. “Move on,” they say, but no one really knows what that was like, unless they lived it or have been to war. As well as the repercussions survivors have to face unless you are living it first-hand.
What about those people who didn’t make it out of school safely on February 14, 2018? Are we to forget them and do nothing? What about the babies killed at Sandy Hook?
When I visualize 6-year-olds hiding in a bathroom at school hiding from the “bad guy,” it breaks my heart. We spend our lives protecting our children from bad things and the proverbial “bad guy,” and this time and way too many other times, lately, the “bad guy” has won. 💔
Why were we so apathetic to letting these poor children die in vain?
Six years ago, I was in my own bubble, busy living my own life, as many of us were and are. Sure, I heard about Sandy Hook, I was devastated and saddened but did nothing. Why?! Why didn’t I speak out? Why didn’t this become a bigger issue for me? Why didn’t I try to help, or at the very least bring about awareness on the gun violence issue....because like most people, until it doesn’t affect you directly in some way, you do nothing.
I am not asking you to do anything else right now, other than read the article, then you can go about the rest of your day and enjoy your family, friends and health.
Too many innocent lives have been cut short because of gun violence. This can happen again anywhere at any time in any town.
“Please know, this is NOT about gun control but gun responsibility!” Common sense gun safety.
“SANDY HOOK SHOULD HAVE BEEN THE END! “The Sandy Hook shooter used 30-round magazines. He fired 154 bullets in four minutes, murdering 20 CHILDREN and six adults in the United States of America at an ELEMENTARY SCHOOL!”
This should have never happened again at any school!
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| Parkland Elementary School student after the MSD shooting |
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