Yes, thankyou Sarah Unfortunately it will be even harder to pass gun legislation today now that the far right feels they need them to overthrow our government. 😝😖😡. Dilla
On Tue, May 24, 2022 at 6:43 PM sarah cannon holden < [email protected]> wrote: > Good Evening, > > I just have to speak out having just heard the latest news from Texas. > The guns in this country have to go. The framers of the Constitution would > be horrified if they saw what is happening in this country with gun > violence. When the Constitution was written men had muskets that take time > to reload. Now everyone can have assault rifles and handguns. What say > you Justices of the Supreme Court? What say you original intent > proponents? The 2nd Amendment does not say that eveyone can have the guns > available today that are bought to kill innocent people. No it says "A *well > regulated * militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the > right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed." We > have gone so far beyond that original intent that we are all complicit at > some level for the ongoing violence here. I say, let us protest. Let us > march. Let us insist that Congress, state legislatures and the Supreme > Court act - now... We must speak out. > > I pray for the 14 children, their teacher - and all the lives that will be > touched by this horrendous tragedy. > > Thank you. Sarah > -- > The LincolnTalk mailing list. > To post, send mail to [email protected]. > Search the archives at http://lincoln.2330058.n4.nabble.com/. > Browse the archives at https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/private/lincoln/ > . > Change your subscription settings at > https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/lincoln. > >
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