Someone should erect one of those “Walls of Honor” like they do for fallen soldiers, but on a far grander scale.
The soldiers knew what they were signing up for, and that people would try to shoot them dead as a matter of course.
The kids just wanted an education. They neither signed up for, nor expected enemies popping up to mow them down with extreme prejudice.
Maybe make memorizing the names and bio’s of at least 5 such victims of gun-violence prerequisite for any new gun purchases that cannot be shown as utilitarian. Or perhaps for anything over ownership of say, 3 guns.
Yea, I know your founding fathers wanted you to have guns.
But I’m sure they didn’t want for more children to die by them in your schools than soldiers to die from them in combat.
@griz That is a fantastic idea! I am now thinking where we should erect this wall. Somewhere in DC? Across the street from the Senate? How about every anniversary of each shooting, every single member of the house gets a text message with the names of each child that was killed in school, and their faces pop up on their computers.
@Gina
Well, annoying them with it might work. But it could also backfire and just cause further retreat behind shields of callous resentment.
I’m thinking more of an educational response: make everyone wanting to exercise the right memorize the stats of several of the victims — keep them mindful of just what the cost of the right currently is.
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Someone should erect one of those “Walls of Honor” like they do for fallen soldiers, but on a far grander scale.
The soldiers knew what they were signing up for, and that people would try to shoot them dead as a matter of course.
The kids just wanted an education. They neither signed up for, nor expected enemies popping up to mow them down with extreme prejudice.
Maybe make memorizing the names and bio’s of at least 5 such victims of gun-violence prerequisite for any new gun purchases that cannot be shown as utilitarian. Or perhaps for anything over ownership of say, 3 guns.
Yea, I know your founding fathers wanted you to have guns.
But I’m sure they didn’t want for more children to die by them in your schools than soldiers to die from them in combat.
@griz That is a fantastic idea! I am now thinking where we should erect this wall. Somewhere in DC? Across the street from the Senate? How about every anniversary of each shooting, every single member of the house gets a text message with the names of each child that was killed in school, and their faces pop up on their computers.
@Gina
Well, annoying them with it might work. But it could also backfire and just cause further retreat behind shields of callous resentment.
I’m thinking more of an educational response: make everyone wanting to exercise the right memorize the stats of several of the victims — keep them mindful of just what the cost of the right currently is.