Tag: gun control

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The Hard Truth Of Uvalde

Zoom into the crippling and crushing grief of any one parent of one of the slaughtered children in Uvalde and you will get a glimpse of the shattered soul of America. Zoom out 1000x and you will get a sense of the enormity of the problem we are facing here. We already knew that there is little justice in American criminal justice. Now it is clear there is apparently little system in the American justice Read More

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Crisis and Choice

“I am a firm believer in the people. If given the truth, they can be depended upon to meet any national crisis. The great point is to bring them the real facts.” —Abraham Lincoln “King’s response to our crisis can be put in one word: revolution. A revolution in our priorities, a reevaluation of our values, a reinvigoration of our public life and a fundamental transformation of our way of thinking and living that promotes Read More

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Power

“Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power.” —Abraham Lincoln

In the face of tremendous adversity throughout the world, many communities have responded with incredible resilience. The real test of our humanity is what happens when we are given power.

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91 per day

Yup, it’s true. America is #1 in guns per capita and not even in the top 100 in murders per capita. The NRA would have you believe that there are no problems with guns. In fact, they argue that there is an inverse relationship between guns and murder—their message is essentially, “The more guns, the less murder.” The evidence for this argument is a single statistic, isolated from its context. Here are the facts: While it Read More