At least another six people were killed, and 24 people were seriously injured in a shooting during a 4th of July parade in an Illinois suburb today.
NO PLACE IS SAFE!
We will now add parades to the list of places Americans can't go without the threat of being murdered by crazed gunmen, who because of United States gun laws, are armed to the teeth with the deadliest weapons available to civilians.
The list continues to grow. You now need to avoid schools (elementary, middle, high schools and even colleges), malls, shopping centers (grocery stores and retailers), movie theatres, workplaces, bars, night clubs, churches, synagogues and mosques, concerts, among others.
As was explained in an earlier post, this will continue to happen as long as one party (Republicans) continue to grovel at the feet of the NRA (National Rifle Association) and its lunatic base.
The gun reform bill that was passed last month had one or two decent provisions in it, but never stood a chance of substantially limiting gun violence in this country as long as assault-style weapons (automatic and semi-automatic long guns) are not banned, and as long as standardized, nation-wide background checks are not adopted for the sale of all weapons.
As long as these two issues are not address, crazed gunmen and criminals will have no problem getting their hands on guns in certain states (red states) where the gun laws are lax, and then taking those guns anywhere they want.
The proof is in the numbers. Gun violence is highest in red states. The top 15 states with the highest per capita gun deaths are states controlled by Republicans. The states with the lowest gun deaths per capita are New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Hawaii! Enough said.
If you are sick and tired of taking your life into your hands every time you leave the house, and tired of Congressional Republicans putting band aids on a severed limb, then you have only one choice and that's to elect more democrats nationally, but more importantly, at every level of government (state and local).
VOTE BLUE in 2022. The life you save might be your own.
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