Gun Violence Awareness -

 

Holding in the Light,
ALL the Victims of Gun Violence 

 

* - Source:  GunViolenceArchives - 2020 figure
(43,572 Total Number of GV Deaths - ALL Causes / 52 weeks = Avg Weekly gun violence deaths).
   https://www.gunviolencearchive.org/past-tolls
 

The pandemic has caused horrific challenges
in every facet of our society,
but there is almost nothing that is as tragic as
the escalating gun violence across our country.

 

There are no simple explanations for the "why"...
and no simple solutions to curb or end these violent deaths,
but we we must "name it" before we can "claim it".

Just watch any news program, in any city in the US,
and you will hear about escalating gun violence,
and it isn't just in the cities.

 

None of us is immune to the randomness,
and some of us may be involved in calculated actions.
 

 

 

WE HOLD IN THE LIGHT
THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN IMPACTED BY GUN VIOLENCE!

Conflict resolution should not be
"settled" with gunfire.

 

VIOLENCE IS:	FIGHT OVER:	KILLED WAS:
in the suburbs	the better football team	someone's son
in the country	being cut-off in traffic	someone's daughter
in the large cities	voting against a former  US President	maybe someone's mother
the small cities	speaking against a current US President	possibly someone's father
in the north	wearing a mask	a grandchild
in the south	not wearing a mask	a niece
on the east coast	a drug deal gone bad	a nephew
on the west coast	an accident	maybe someone's brother
within a family	intentional	possibly a sister
EVERYWHERE	ANYTHING	A HUMAN BEING

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