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Hestia

Hestia's Journal
Hestia's Journal
December 30, 2011

If people post about their 2nd amendment rights, is it cool to say so what when a family dies via

gun fire? Case in point - on our news tonight the lead story was about someone or some family about 30 miles west of here dying via gunfire. I went to the FB page and said "this is news?" then I was called out about children dying. The very next post on this particular news channels FB page is about Obama et al taking about our 2nd amendment rights. Am I the only one who sees a disconnect here? If we are to be all for the constitution, our bill of rights, which happens to include the au currant definition of what the 2nd amendment stands for, why then am I to open a vein when someone dies, even a child, from gunfire? I bleed for everyone who dies, especially those children who die from starvation even though mom and/or dad are working 2 jobs but still can't afford food every night for the table. Can I not choose when and which vein to open for my sympathy?

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Hometown: Natural Steps, AR
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About Hestia

Goddess-centric Pagan, student of Hermetics, Socialist Democrat before it became cool.
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