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This (Mark + Gabby) (Original Post)
bigtree
Apr 2013
OP
I wish I were all the woman that she is, and to have a man love me in that way!
robinlynne
Apr 2013
#3
Electric Monk
(13,869 posts)1. Here's that NYT link direct
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/18/opinion/a-senate-in-the-gun-lobbys-grip.html
A Senate in the Gun Lobbys Grip
By GABRIELLE GIFFORDS
Published: April 17, 2013
631 Comments
SENATORS say they fear the N.R.A. and the gun lobby. But I think that fear must be nothing compared to the fear the first graders in Sandy Hook Elementary School felt as their lives ended in a hail of bullets. The fear that those children who survived the massacre must feel every time they remember their teachers stacking them into closets and bathrooms, whispering that they loved them, so that love would be the last thing the students heard if the gunman found them.
On Wednesday, a minority of senators gave into fear and blocked common-sense legislation that would have made it harder for criminals and people with dangerous mental illnesses to get hold of deadly firearms a bill that could prevent future tragedies like those in Newtown, Conn., Aurora, Colo., Blacksburg, Va., and too many communities to count.
(snip)
Speaking is physically difficult for me. But my feelings are clear: Im furious. I will not rest until we have righted the wrong these senators have done, and until we have changed our laws so we can look parents in the face and say: We are trying to keep your children safe. We cannot allow the status quo desperately protected by the gun lobby so that they can make more money by spreading fear and misinformation to go on.
I am asking every reasonable American to help me tell the truth about the cowardice these senators demonstrated. I am asking for mothers to stop these lawmakers at the grocery store and tell them: Youve lost my vote. I am asking activists to unsubscribe from these senators e-mail lists and to stop giving them money. Im asking citizens to go to their offices and say: Youve disappointed me, and there will be consequences.
(much more at the link)
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/18/opinion/a-senate-in-the-gun-lobbys-grip.html
A Senate in the Gun Lobbys Grip
By GABRIELLE GIFFORDS
Published: April 17, 2013
631 Comments
SENATORS say they fear the N.R.A. and the gun lobby. But I think that fear must be nothing compared to the fear the first graders in Sandy Hook Elementary School felt as their lives ended in a hail of bullets. The fear that those children who survived the massacre must feel every time they remember their teachers stacking them into closets and bathrooms, whispering that they loved them, so that love would be the last thing the students heard if the gunman found them.
On Wednesday, a minority of senators gave into fear and blocked common-sense legislation that would have made it harder for criminals and people with dangerous mental illnesses to get hold of deadly firearms a bill that could prevent future tragedies like those in Newtown, Conn., Aurora, Colo., Blacksburg, Va., and too many communities to count.
(snip)
Speaking is physically difficult for me. But my feelings are clear: Im furious. I will not rest until we have righted the wrong these senators have done, and until we have changed our laws so we can look parents in the face and say: We are trying to keep your children safe. We cannot allow the status quo desperately protected by the gun lobby so that they can make more money by spreading fear and misinformation to go on.
I am asking every reasonable American to help me tell the truth about the cowardice these senators demonstrated. I am asking for mothers to stop these lawmakers at the grocery store and tell them: Youve lost my vote. I am asking activists to unsubscribe from these senators e-mail lists and to stop giving them money. Im asking citizens to go to their offices and say: Youve disappointed me, and there will be consequences.
(much more at the link)
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/18/opinion/a-senate-in-the-gun-lobbys-grip.html
edited to add:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022699229
longship
(40,416 posts)2. Just WOW!
I now have a smile for the rest of the day just thinking about "This".
Thank you very much Cdr. Kelly, and to you, bigtree, for posting "This".
R&K
robinlynne
(15,481 posts)3. I wish I were all the woman that she is, and to have a man love me in that way!
beautiful, both of them!
Sheldon Cooper
(3,724 posts)6. Me, too.
I love this couple.
SunSeeker
(51,574 posts)5. K&R
Cha
(297,323 posts)7. Bless their hearts! Taking Gabby's survival from
gun violence and turning it into a positive force for change.
thanks bigtree
caledesi
(11,903 posts)8. Thanks bigtree..I wish I were HALF the woman Gabby Gifford is! nt