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etherealtruth

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6. I am so sorry

Reply to AndyA (Reply #2)

Sun Dec 16, 2012, 11:13 AM

Dec 2012

I have been quiet too long (I have always supported strict guns laws .... and would love to see a "gunless" society) .... but, I did not speak out .... I was polite .... I thought I needed to respect disparate voices for the political good.

NO MORE

I will carry your horrific experience with me ... and use it (and others) to remind me I MUST STAND UP or else I need to accept part of the blame for what this society has become.

I am so sorry for the horror and pain you have endured.

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How many of you have witnessed a gun murder when you were a child? [View all] HockeyMom Dec 2012 OP

I've relived the loss of my brother and how it turned my world upside down. lunatica Dec 2012 #1

I did as well AndyA Dec 2012 #2

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Good for you HockeyMom salinen Dec 2012 #4

One of the more troubled kids I taught had witnessed 3 murders by the time he was 7 or 8. proud2BlibKansan Dec 2012 #7

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Not a murder MountainLaurel Dec 2012 #10