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March for Our Lives: Top moments that made up a movement They were defiant, outraged and determined. And they had a resounding message for lawmakers in Washington: Enough gun violence. Thousands of students, teachers and supporters gathered in the nation's capital Saturday for the March for Our Lives rally, organized by survivors of a shooting that left 17 people dead at a Florida high school. They carried signs, chanted and demanded action against gun violence -- their words echoing through streets packed with protesters. They implored people to register to vote, and pleaded with the lawmakers to take care of . The event in Washington was one of more than 800 planned in the United States and other major cities worldwide. They checked their privilege Alex Wind: Government useless on gun violence David Hogg: The people in power are shaking MLK (Martin Luther King, Jr.)'s granddaughter has a dream MLK Jr.'s granddaughter surprises rally crowd She threw up and gave a speech Parkland survivor, Samantha Fuentes vomits during gun speech She leads the crowd to sing 'Happy Birthday' to shooting victim, Nicholas Dworet, his 18th birthday Saturday, 3/24/18. They had a $1.05 price tag Each student from Marjory Stoneman Douglas wore one Saturday to point out how much money they say Sen. Marco Rubio got from the National Rifle Association -- divided by each student in Florida. Emma Gonzalez spoke without words Gonzalez began her speech by calling the names of each of the victims and things they would never do again. Then, she stopped speaking. Tears flowed as she stood silent. The crowd broke through with random chants. But mostly, silence. Then a timer went off. Never again is for black girls, too Naomi Wadler took the stage with one message: Black females -- who are killed in disproportionate numbers -- have been left out of the gun violence conversation. They marched for various reasons Obama tweeted his support Barack Obama @BarackObama Michelle and I are so inspired by all the young people who made today’s marches happen. Keep at it. You’re leading us forward. Nothing can stand in the way of millions of voices calling for change. 10:07 AM - Mar 24, 2018 Sandy Hook was represented, too Grannies have had ENOUGH! Speaking of enough ... Counterprotesters had their say Paul McCartney honored his best friend Paul McCartney references John Lennon at march "One of my best friends was killed in gun violence right around here," the former Beatle said at a march in New York. He wore a shirt that said: "We can end gun violence." Tokyo paid tribute to the fallen    Honesty is the best policy. |
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Retired Supreme Court Justice Stevens Calls for Repeal Of Second Amendment Retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens, responding to this past weekend's March For Our Lives in several cities is proposing what some might call a radical solution to prevent further gun violence- repealing the second amendment. In an op-ed in Tuesday's New York Times, the 97 year-old Stevens writes a constitutional amendment "to get rid of" the second amendment, "would do more to weaken the N.R.A.'s ability to stymie legislative debate and block constructive gun control legislation than any other available option." The Second Amendment states that " A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed." Stevens called that concern "a relic of the 18th century," and says repealing it would eliminate the only legal rule that protects sellers of firearms in the United States. Stevens, who retired from the court in 2010, had two years earlier dissented in the case District of Columbia vs. Heller that determined the Second Amendment allowed an individual right to bear arms. Stevens says he remains convinced that decision was wrong and debatable, and which provided the National Rifle Association with "a propaganda weapon of immense power." Stevens' call for repeal of the Second Amendment goes further than most gun control advocates, many of whom have called for banning certain types of weapons, stricter background checks and age limits, but not changing the Constitution. Stevens' proposal immediately lit up Twitter and social media. Two thumbs up for this retired Supreme Court Justice, John Paul Stevens. Hooray!! finally someone speak-up on "repeal 2nd Amendment". Honesty is the best policy.
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The incumbent POTUS, are you deaf? This is reality, not a reality show. Don't you smile and "thumb up" like you are an hero. Are lawmakers, Congressmen and Senators deaf? How can you accept NRA donation, Marco Rubio and Trump??? Don't you know that are bloody money?? How can USA become the #1 gun violence in the world?? The POTUS has secret agents to protect him 24/7, how about us?? Gun has no other purpose but kill. If there is no gun, there is no gun violence. Why can't we learn from Australia to buy the assault rifles back? At least we should try to see if it is working. It is about time to amend 2nd Amendment. We are not living in "Wild, Wild, West" anymore. We are in "World Wide Web", we don't need 2nd Amendment. Honesty is the best policy.
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