Some of the organizations formed after the deaths of African American men in the USA can also be profound testimony to important facts regarding the deaths of their sons and husbands. The racial divide in gun deaths can find different definitions, but, no less important.
Sabrina Fulton has hosted a group called "Circle of Mothers." (click here)
The violent deaths of citizens in the USA span all demographics, but, have some degree of cultural differences. The best way I can put this and it is not intended to insult or diminish any death; but, the death of the people of Sandy Hook including so many children is a different dynamic than the death of Trayvon Martin or those African Americans shot for no reason with police work.
There are also troubled neighborhoods causing deaths such as Hadiya Pendleton, a beautiful young African American woman in Chicago.
February 9, 2013
By David Jackson
As first lady Michelle Obama (click here) and mourners paid their respects, a Chicago family buried a 15-year-old girl Saturday amid renewed calls for an end to gun violence.
Hadiya Pendleton, an honors student and band majorette in prep school, died after being shot while talking with friends on Jan. 29, little more than a week after visiting Washington to perform at an event for President Obama's second inauguration....
The variety of these deaths within the cultures they occurred all have a common denominator; guns. The cultures are not at fault, but, the easy access to guns definitely is the problem.
What has been completely astounding to me has been the shooting and deaths with US Representative Gabby Giffords. There were many people effected by this gunman. She was a member of the US House of Representatives. The impact of a government official, a judge and the staff members of those federal offices meant nearly nothing to the US House. There was a bill passed about flying drugs or something across the the USA southern border in honor and remembrance of this shooting incident. It was a bill that had no relevance to the deaths or shooting at this government function in Arizona.
The point is the political density of guns within the American electorate and elections over rides any call by government representatives to act to end such violence. It is unbelievably difficult to move any measure through the US House and Senate that would hinder gun violence in the USA and/or it's exportation albeit illegally.
The US Second Amendment to the Constitution has nothing to do with it. There are decisions as written by Justice Scalia regarding the Second Amendment that would indicate laws controlling guns in the country and the role they play in society can be regulated. This is political. It is backed by large amounts of money.
The dysfunction of the this political paradigm the USA finds itself entrenched and is feeding itself. It is self-propagating. The money has been gathered by very few in the world and even fewer in the USA. The injustice of poverty is well known to the United Nations, but, in the case of the USA I have to state there was a bloodless coup that has occurred. The complete disregard of the near death of Rep. Giffords told me all I wanted to know about the tragedy of a power shift in the USA.
Sabrina Fulton has hosted a group called "Circle of Mothers." (click here)
The violent deaths of citizens in the USA span all demographics, but, have some degree of cultural differences. The best way I can put this and it is not intended to insult or diminish any death; but, the death of the people of Sandy Hook including so many children is a different dynamic than the death of Trayvon Martin or those African Americans shot for no reason with police work.
There are also troubled neighborhoods causing deaths such as Hadiya Pendleton, a beautiful young African American woman in Chicago.
February 9, 2013
By David Jackson
As first lady Michelle Obama (click here) and mourners paid their respects, a Chicago family buried a 15-year-old girl Saturday amid renewed calls for an end to gun violence.
Hadiya Pendleton, an honors student and band majorette in prep school, died after being shot while talking with friends on Jan. 29, little more than a week after visiting Washington to perform at an event for President Obama's second inauguration....
The variety of these deaths within the cultures they occurred all have a common denominator; guns. The cultures are not at fault, but, the easy access to guns definitely is the problem.
What has been completely astounding to me has been the shooting and deaths with US Representative Gabby Giffords. There were many people effected by this gunman. She was a member of the US House of Representatives. The impact of a government official, a judge and the staff members of those federal offices meant nearly nothing to the US House. There was a bill passed about flying drugs or something across the the USA southern border in honor and remembrance of this shooting incident. It was a bill that had no relevance to the deaths or shooting at this government function in Arizona.
The point is the political density of guns within the American electorate and elections over rides any call by government representatives to act to end such violence. It is unbelievably difficult to move any measure through the US House and Senate that would hinder gun violence in the USA and/or it's exportation albeit illegally.
The US Second Amendment to the Constitution has nothing to do with it. There are decisions as written by Justice Scalia regarding the Second Amendment that would indicate laws controlling guns in the country and the role they play in society can be regulated. This is political. It is backed by large amounts of money.
The dysfunction of the this political paradigm the USA finds itself entrenched and is feeding itself. It is self-propagating. The money has been gathered by very few in the world and even fewer in the USA. The injustice of poverty is well known to the United Nations, but, in the case of the USA I have to state there was a bloodless coup that has occurred. The complete disregard of the near death of Rep. Giffords told me all I wanted to know about the tragedy of a power shift in the USA.
