My Facebook status from moments ago
I know when I write anything over ten words, most people ignore it. They, most likely are the one's who will disagree with what I'm about to say (take that for what it's worth). This afternoon I signed on to Facebook around 1pm I scrolled down and much to my frustration, I counted 22 memes posted by pro gun rights friends. Of the few that quoted the constitution, all were inaccurate or stretched the meaning of the 2nd amendment. Of those that cited statistics, all were false. Some did nothing more than show a beautiful woman holding a gun with a silly slogan atop or below. Did any of the posters verify the validity of these memes? Obviously not. I would assume nobody is stupid enough to post inaccurate information on purpose. At least I'd hope not. They are victims of brainwashing and that makes them the majority. I am not judging them, for it takes effort to verify information and as that lovely woman said "Nobody got time for that."
Senator Rand Paul wanted to perform a second filibuster where he would denounce gun control. His plan was to stand on the house floor and rant and rave ridiculous "facts" about gun control and it's evils. It was not a popular move and it won't most likely happen. Interestingly enough, there was a filibuster of sorts at the Capitol yesterday. A group of gun control activists, comprised mostly of people who have lost loved ones to firearms, gathered for a speech. The speech was not prepared and was not eloquent. It was not political in nature and it didn't say one bad thing about guns. It wasn't biased in it's verbiage and didn't sway left or right. It was simply this.
People got up and read the names of everyone killed since the Newtown, Connecticut massacre. Each name was honored. The list took 12 hours to read. It consisted of 3300 names of men, women and children whose lives were cut short for various reasons by a bullet. There was one story written about it so far and not one meme has surfaced. And it's all true.
I know when I write anything over ten words, most people ignore it. They, most likely are the one's who will disagree with what I'm about to say (take that for what it's worth). This afternoon I signed on to Facebook around 1pm I scrolled down and much to my frustration, I counted 22 memes posted by pro gun rights friends. Of the few that quoted the constitution, all were inaccurate or stretched the meaning of the 2nd amendment. Of those that cited statistics, all were false. Some did nothing more than show a beautiful woman holding a gun with a silly slogan atop or below. Did any of the posters verify the validity of these memes? Obviously not. I would assume nobody is stupid enough to post inaccurate information on purpose. At least I'd hope not. They are victims of brainwashing and that makes them the majority. I am not judging them, for it takes effort to verify information and as that lovely woman said "Nobody got time for that."
Senator Rand Paul wanted to perform a second filibuster where he would denounce gun control. His plan was to stand on the house floor and rant and rave ridiculous "facts" about gun control and it's evils. It was not a popular move and it won't most likely happen. Interestingly enough, there was a filibuster of sorts at the Capitol yesterday. A group of gun control activists, comprised mostly of people who have lost loved ones to firearms, gathered for a speech. The speech was not prepared and was not eloquent. It was not political in nature and it didn't say one bad thing about guns. It wasn't biased in it's verbiage and didn't sway left or right. It was simply this.
People got up and read the names of everyone killed since the Newtown, Connecticut massacre. Each name was honored. The list took 12 hours to read. It consisted of 3300 names of men, women and children whose lives were cut short for various reasons by a bullet. There was one story written about it so far and not one meme has surfaced. And it's all true.
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