Preventable Gun Violence Deaths - When Victims are Victimized
All gun violence deaths are preventable, so, let's do more to prevent them.
Gun violence deaths are more easily preventable than treatments and interventions for bacterial infections, viruses or chronic illnesses There's only one cause of gun violence deaths - and it's a highly visible vector. Guns. If guns were bird flu viruses, would they be outlawed?
Nevertheless, many Americans have adopted gun ownership as an inalienable right under our US Constitution's Second Amendment, regardless of how many innocent people are murdered as a result of wrong minded or mentally ill gun owners who deliberately inflict harm.
Compounding the tragedy of gun violence is the "in your face" attitude of those who want to protect gun ownership rights, regardless of the consequences of unbridled and unregulated access to weapons intended to murder humans.
Moreover, the tragic distress caused by gun violence is exacerbated when families of preventable death victims are, themselves, victimized by zealots who simply don't want anybody to infringe on their right to own guns, regardless of the pain it causes to others. Brave parents of the innocent Sandy Hook Elementary School children, who were murdered on December 14, 2012, in Newton CT, went to the public and the US Congress to petition for expanded background checks, prior to gun purchases. But their petition was overruled by the Senate. While these families grieved and witnessed the US Senate vote to defeat the background checks legislation, some other right wing commentators gloated, while a majority of the nation mourned. It defies our democratic "gravity" that a majority of Americans supported expanded background checks prior to gun purchases, yet our elected political leaders voted against the will of the people!
There are political consequences for the politicians who voted against the will of the people and defeated the background checks legislation.
Even if some who opposed common sense regulation of gun ownership somehow manage to escape political retribution, their legacy will forever be tainted as a result of their "no" vote. In fact, they'll live their lives knowing they compounded the victimization of at least 20 grieving families of Sandy Hook Elementary children by defeating the legislation in full view of the victims families, and a nation that largely supported the regulation.
Americans support expanding background checks for gun owners.
The 45 Senators who voted "no" have twice victimized the victims of preventable gun violence
Every one of the 45 must be voted out of office and here are their names:
REPUBLICANS who voted against the Gun Background Checks
Gun violence deaths are more easily preventable than treatments and interventions for bacterial infections, viruses or chronic illnesses There's only one cause of gun violence deaths - and it's a highly visible vector. Guns. If guns were bird flu viruses, would they be outlawed?
Nevertheless, many Americans have adopted gun ownership as an inalienable right under our US Constitution's Second Amendment, regardless of how many innocent people are murdered as a result of wrong minded or mentally ill gun owners who deliberately inflict harm.
Compounding the tragedy of gun violence is the "in your face" attitude of those who want to protect gun ownership rights, regardless of the consequences of unbridled and unregulated access to weapons intended to murder humans.
Moreover, the tragic distress caused by gun violence is exacerbated when families of preventable death victims are, themselves, victimized by zealots who simply don't want anybody to infringe on their right to own guns, regardless of the pain it causes to others. Brave parents of the innocent Sandy Hook Elementary School children, who were murdered on December 14, 2012, in Newton CT, went to the public and the US Congress to petition for expanded background checks, prior to gun purchases. But their petition was overruled by the Senate. While these families grieved and witnessed the US Senate vote to defeat the background checks legislation, some other right wing commentators gloated, while a majority of the nation mourned. It defies our democratic "gravity" that a majority of Americans supported expanded background checks prior to gun purchases, yet our elected political leaders voted against the will of the people!
There are political consequences for the politicians who voted against the will of the people and defeated the background checks legislation.
Even if some who opposed common sense regulation of gun ownership somehow manage to escape political retribution, their legacy will forever be tainted as a result of their "no" vote. In fact, they'll live their lives knowing they compounded the victimization of at least 20 grieving families of Sandy Hook Elementary children by defeating the legislation in full view of the victims families, and a nation that largely supported the regulation.
Americans support expanding background checks for gun owners.
The 45 Senators who voted "no" have twice victimized the victims of preventable gun violence
Every one of the 45 must be voted out of office and here are their names:
REPUBLICANS who voted against the Gun Background Checks
Lamar Alexander (R-TN) (isn't he a pro-life Republican?)
Kelly Ayotte (R- NH) (shame on her!)
- John Barrasso (R-WY)
- Roy Blunt (R-MO)
- John Boozman (R-AR)
- Richard Burr (R-NC)
- Saxby Chambliss (R-GA)
- Dan Coats (R-IN)
- Tom Coburn (R-OK)
- Thad Cochran (R-MS)
- Bob Corker (R-TN)
- John Cornyn (R-TX)
- Mike Crapo (R-ID)
- Ted Cruz (R-TX)
- Michael Enzi (R-WY)
- Deb Fischer (R-NE)
- Jeff Flake (R-AZ)
- Lindsey Graham (R-SC)
- Chuck Grassley (R-IA)
- Orrin Hatch (R-UT)
- Dean Heller (R-NV)
- John Hoeven (R-ND)
- Jim Inhofe (R-OK)
- Johnny Isakson (R-GA)
- Mike Johanns (R-NE)
- Ron Johnson (R-WI)
- Mike Lee (R-UT)
- Mitch McConnell (R-KY)
- Jerry Moran (R-KS)
- Lisa Murkowski (R-AK)
- Rand Paul (R-KY)
- Rob Portman (R-OH)
- James Risch (R-ID)
- Pat Roberts (R-KS)
- Marco Rubio (R-FL)
- Timothy Scott (R-SC)
- Jeff Sessions (R-AL)
- Richard Shelby (R-AL)
- John Thune (R-SD)
- David Vitter (R-LA)
- Roger Wicker (R-MS)
- Max Baucus (D-MT)
- Mark Begich (D-AK)
- Heidi Heitkamp (D-ND)
- Mark Pryor (D-AR)
- Harry Reid (D-NV) (Voted "no" as a procedural move to preserve option to reintroduce the bill.)
Labels: 45 Senators, death, gun violence, Newtown CT, Sandy Hook Elementary School
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