Fourteen minutes and six lives lost
Followed by the seventh- how do you measure the cost
Of lives lost to horrific gun violence
Young lives- this does not make sense
Does this not register anymore?
Why does it not lead to a louder uproar?
When we discuss the issue, deeply divided we remain
Make it a debate about gun ownership, forgetting the pain
That countless families keep going through
Still refraining from doing what we need to do
We talk about mental health issues and more
Try to suppress the issue at the core
Turn schools into prisons, simply accept
That going to school can be a deadly prospect
In peaceful times, in a society civilized
How come this tragic irony we have not realized?
Passion...unbridled 
The ongoing question. How much more ‘evidence’ do they need to pass legislation?!
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Don’t understand!
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The US takes the cake at not stopping people who shouldn’t handle guns from buying them. To be honest, I used to be a 2A absolutist until a stray round from a woman playing around with a handgun while hiking, struck me and took off both of my testicles. I guess it’s easy to see this as a road to Damascus realization. But, now I’m in favor of regulation, such as better background checks and training, which would have prevented the “accident” which made me a eunuch and which, for a brief time, traumatized the young woman who acted irresponsibly.
It’s time something changes.
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Agreed, so sorry you had to go through something this traumatic
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