I know everyone is celebrating Weed today.
Just try to remember the 13 kids that died that awful day 20 years ago. And their loved ones. 😥
Until you've been on the wrong side of a gun, running for your life, you will never know how much your 'gun' culture scares the living shit out of us.
We don't need assault weapons. When Columbine happened we banned assault weapons for 10 years. During that time we had 31 school shootings.
When Congress decided to let the assault weapons ban expire in 2009, they sentenced hundreds of children to death.
288 school shootings since 2009.
141 children have died since. Let that number sink in for a minute. One. Hundred. Forty. One.
As of May 2018, more people, including students and teachers, were killed in 2018 in schools in the United States than were killed in military service for the United States, including both combat and non-combat military service. :'(
Please, just for once for these children, put down love of guns and your pride and patriotism and see the families of all of the children who have lost what NO parent should ever lose.
Assault weapons aren't for defending yourself, or hunting for food.
They are instruments of death and terror.
Here are their names.
Cassie Bernall
A 17-year old junior who had dabbled in witchcraft and drugs had turned her life around two years before she was killed. She became active in her church and was restructuring her life. (Unfortunately, the story that circulated about her martyrdom was not true.)
Steven Curnow
A 14-year old freshman, Steven loved aviation and dreamed of becoming a Navy pilot. He also loved to play soccer and to watch the Star Wars movies.
Corey DePooter
A 17-year old who loved the outdoors, Corey loved to fish, camp, golf, and inline skate.
Kelly Fleming
A quiet 16-year old who liked to spend time in the library writing short stories and poetry.
Matthew Kechter
A shy, sweet sophomore, Matthew was a football player and a straight-A student.
Daniel Mauser
A smart but shy 15-year old sophomore, Daniel had recently joined the debate team and the cross-country squad.
Daniel Rohrbough
A 15-year old freshman, Daniel loved to play hockey and Nintendo with his friends. Often, after school, he helped his father in his electrical store.
William "Dave" Sanders
A long-time teacher at Columbine, Dave was the girls' basketball and softball coach and taught business and computer classes. He had two daughters and five grandchildren.
Rachel Scott
A 17-year old who loved acting in plays, could play the piano by ear, and had a strong belief in Christianity.
Isaiah Shoels
An 18-year old senior, Isaiah overcame heart problems (two heart surgeries) to become a football player and a wrestler.
John Tomlin
A 16-year old with a good heart and a love of Chevy trucks. A year before he was killed, John traveled to Juarez, Mexico to help build houses for the poor.
Lauren Townsend
A beautiful 18-year old senior who loved Shakespeare, volleyball, and animals.
Kyle Velasquez
A 16-year old sophomore, Kyle had only been a student at Columbine for three months. His family remembers him as a "gentle giant" and he was a big fan of the Denver Broncos.
Please put down your guns and hate today.
Please. For the 14 children who lost their life that day. And for the countless thousands that have been traumatized by guns since.
😥❤
- source: Wikipedia, Washington Post
