@oralloy,
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My strength of character is what drives me to continue to tell the truth...
Then start telling the truth about what has become the weapon of choice for mass murderers, and
why that has become the weapon of choice.
Then start telling the truth about the intention of the U.S. Constitution--which was not written for the sole purpose of insuring
your unfettered "freedom".
Quote:We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.
For the government to turn a blind eye to the fact that "domestic tranquility" has been shattered by recurring mass murders, all done with particular types of firearms, which have taken place in our schools, places of worship, shopping malls, supermarkets, universities, workplaces, movie theaters, commuter trains, and now a public elementary school--all the venues of our daily lives--without attempting some better control and regulation of these means of mass destruction, would be an abandonment of one of it's primary obligations--to promote the general welfare.
And, just as the government limited what could be taken aboard planes in order to prevent hijackings and terrorist bombings, the government should limit, and better regulate, and better control, the specific types of weapons being used to effect these mass murders of innocent citizens in our daily venues, because these murders are also acts of terrorism which are enabled by these particular types of weapons.
The domestic tranquility of life was shattered in a Sandy Hook school last week--and the domestic tranquility of life was shattered for every other parent, and grandparent, and aunt and uncle in this nation, who now fear that the children they love might also meet the same fate of having their bodies rapidly riddled with bullets from this same type of easily attainable weapon.
Our children have the right to attend school, and houses of worship, and to visit movie theaters, and shopping malls and supermarkets, without fear of having their bodies pumped full of bullets from these weapons of choice of mass murderers.
Unfortunately, these two children, who will be buried today, were denied that right.
Quote:Newtown will say goodbye to two more children today, as James Mattioli and Jessica Rekos are laid to rest.
The funerals for the 6-year-old boy and girl will be the third and fourth of 20 children's ceremonies scheduled after the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School on Friday.
The Mattioli family will hold a mass at St. Rose of Lima Church at 10 a.m., and James will be buried at St. John's Roman Catholic Cemetery in Darien, Conn.
Funeral services for Jessica will be held at St. Rose of Lima at noon, and she will be buried at the church cemetery.
Mattioli is described by his parents Cindy and Mark as "an energetic, loving friend to all" who "loved baseball, basketball, swimming, arm wrestling and playing games on the iPad."
Rekos loved horses and was "a creative, beautiful little girl who loved playing with her little brothers, Travis and Shane," her parents, Rich and Krista, said in a statement. After seeing the movie Free Willy, Rekos became fond of doing "research" on orca whales and hoped to one day see a real one. In October, she realized that dream when she took a trip to SeaWorld.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/18/james-mattioli-jessica-rekos-funerals_n_2322016.html?icid=maing-grid7%7Chp-desktop%7Cdl1%7Csec1_lnk2%26pLid%3D247137
