"We stop being something to be proud of when we love our guns more than we love our children" [View all]

Powerful words spoken at Newtown, Conn. hearing

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Susan Aaron's daughter is one of the children who survived the shooting.

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Those who argue against tougher gun laws cite the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

Susan Aaron disagrees.

"We stop being the world's greatest country when we allow our most vulnerable citizens to be slaughtered because we might offend people by taking away their guns. We stop being something to be proud of when we love our guns more than we love our children," she said.

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"We stop being something to be proud of when we love our guns more than we love our children" [View all]	kpete	Jan 2013	OP
This is surely one of the main things leading to our downfall.	logosoco	Jan 2013	#1
Message deleted by the DU Administrators	lobo9er	Jan 2013	#2
ignorant is your borderline illiterate and dimwitted post	cali	Jan 2013	#3
How incredibly ignorant.	Zoeisright	Jan 2013	#4
NOT ONE SINGLE massacre has EVER been stopped by a civilian with a gun. NOT ONE.	guardian	Jan 2013	#13
The Mother Jones criteria are a catch 22, unfortunately	Recursion	Jan 2013	#15
a police officer even a former police officer is not a civilian	Fresh_Start	Jan 2013	#28
so what is the minimum "training and experience"	guardian	Jan 2013	#71
What about former military?	ProgressiveProfessor	Feb 2013	#110
Really?	RC	Feb 2013	#122
Good thought...I was Army. What about Army vets or those with a CIB?	ProgressiveProfessor	Feb 2013	#123
coming out of the woodwork	Skittles	Jan 2013	#6
We're pulling double shifts in MIRT	Recursion	Jan 2013	#7
looks like their dittomasters put the word out	Skittles	Jan 2013	#9
MIRT's Efforts Are Greatly Appreciated. (nt)	Paladin	Jan 2013	#10
indeed they are!	Skittles	Jan 2013	#11
Note the new "Delete posts on PPR" feature	Recursion	Jan 2013	#12
That IS a great idea!	zappaman	Jan 2013	#76
Message deleted by the DU Administrators	lobo9er	Jan 2013	#5
Bwahahaha! america has NEVER "loved our children"! Corrupted, sexualized, yes;	WinkyDink	Jan 2013	#8
and used as cheap labor in the day. nt	Mojorabbit	Jan 2013	#105
Nixon's strategy of god, guns, and gays is becoming increasingly irrelevant.	Initech	Jan 2013	#14
Now part of my sig line	DainBramaged	Jan 2013	#16
Its not an offense, its our RIGHT	thefool_wa	Jan 2013	#17
Why do you need assault weapons and high capacity magazines again?	IveWornAHundredPants	Jan 2013	#19
Defense against tyranny...read it again, its in there.	thefool_wa	Jan 2013	#20
A tank would be a better defense against tyranny, don't you think?	IveWornAHundredPants	Jan 2013	#21
but you CAN, if you have the money.	thefool_wa	Jan 2013	#23
Speech is limited, you can not go into a theatre and yell fire, you can not slander someone.	Thinkingabout	Jan 2013	#93
ALLOW, REALLY!	thefool_wa	Jan 2013	#95
It seems these weapons are already in the hands of some who clearly does not need them.	Thinkingabout	Jan 2013	#102
To an extent, I agree but...	thefool_wa	Jan 2013	#108
With a military that is larger than the next 10 militaries of the world ...	Kennah	Feb 2013	#111
Need is not a legitimate factor. Yes there are those with guns who should not have them	ProgressiveProfessor	Feb 2013	#113
WHAT "TYRANNY"???	HughBeaumont	Jan 2013	#22
IMaginary? Really?	thefool_wa	Jan 2013	#26
We made our voices known against GWB, and he ended up as one of history's worst presidents.	Tommy_Carcetti	Jan 2013	#30
I doesnt matter how people remember him	thefool_wa	Jan 2013	#35
Ok, you have a list of grievances & usurpations; when is your AR going to start helping? nt	jmg257	Jan 2013	#32
this. n/t	BlancheSplanchnik	Feb 2013	#127
WHO gave you the privilege of defining "tyrant" for EVERYONE else? You didn't ask me. If you had,	patrice	Jan 2013	#34
????	thefool_wa	Jan 2013	#42
When that "necessity" comes WHO will identify it? WHO defines "tyrant"? Do I get a vote in your	patrice	Jan 2013	#46
You are viewing this from a very narrow angle	thefool_wa	Jan 2013	#47
I am viewing this from the angle of people who say they are going to start shooting "corruptive	patrice	Jan 2013	#58
Enjoy the real tyranny when it arrives	thefool_wa	Jan 2013	#60
100% Self-fulfilling prophecy & Now that I'm the "tyrant", though unarmed, I guess I should fear	patrice	Jan 2013	#62
Back at ya	thefool_wa	Jan 2013	#63
This is all you're idea not mine. My name is probably going in your "corrupting influence" book.	patrice	Jan 2013	#64
WOW	thefool_wa	Jan 2013	#73
"Per NBC news 203 people shot today as of 6pm"...not for nothing, that better be one fucking	jmg257	Jan 2013	#70
Those were most likely criminals	thefool_wa	Jan 2013	#74
1st off, Constitutionally a regulated Militia isn't 'private military', it is a state entity. Period	jmg257	Jan 2013	#75
Never mind - found it... nt	jmg257	Jan 2013	#77
There is nothing that says that	thefool_wa	Jan 2013	#83
Since you are quoting some of the Second amendment you never quoted anything which said they cannot	Thinkingabout	Jan 2013	#104
I have not said zero regulation	thefool_wa	Jan 2013	#106
Actually, thoughtful notion	jmg257	Jan 2013	#78
I feel the same way about an assault weapons ban	thefool_wa	Jan 2013	#81
I agree with alot of that, but not the private militias. I am sorry,	jmg257	Jan 2013	#89
When you say "violence becomes necessary"	logosoco	Feb 2013	#116
When they are YOUR kids getting massacred, despite ALL your gun-huggin 'constant guard',	jmg257	Jan 2013	#54
Don't Kid yourself	thefool_wa	Jan 2013	#57
Plenty of negative posturing about how ineffective the people and govt will be in	jmg257	Jan 2013	#67
I never said PSYCHOS should have access	thefool_wa	Jan 2013	#79
I found your solution - thanks! addressed elsewhere. The 'problem' I see with the Militia	jmg257	Jan 2013	#80
"that is exactly what I expect out of people here." Curious why you are a member then?	jmg257	Jan 2013	#69
no - fair question	thefool_wa	Jan 2013	#84
The notion that the Second Amendment was to enable people to take up arms against the gov't ...	markpkessinger	Jan 2013	#43
Again, read deeper	thefool_wa	Jan 2013	#48
Nope, like the NRA, you're making sh*t up....	joeybee12	Jan 2013	#72
Read a history book. nt	thefool_wa	Jan 2013	#88
Great comeback...I'm impressed...read the Militia Acts of 1792...asshat...nt	joeybee12	Feb 2013	#120
So when the Government comes marching down the street	SomethingFishy	Feb 2013	#130
The "tyranny of the government" line is bull to the shit.	Tommy_Carcetti	Jan 2013	#24
I'm gald to see you have already surrendered.	thefool_wa	Jan 2013	#33
People like you SCARE me.	Tommy_Carcetti	Jan 2013	#36
And people like you scare me	thefool_wa	Jan 2013	#37
Like I said:	Tommy_Carcetti	Jan 2013	#39
I don't believe that will happen again	thefool_wa	Jan 2013	#44
"There is no MLK"--because Martin Luther King was shot by an idiot	thucythucy	Jan 2013	#97
I stand by it	thefool_wa	Jan 2013	#100
That's a ridiculous assertion, unsupported by any facts.	thucythucy	Feb 2013	#117
Right "tyranny comes in many forms" & If you can't recognize your OWN tyranny, you ARE the most	patrice	Jan 2013	#41
If you don't like the rights gauranteed to americans	thefool_wa	Jan 2013	#49
Love it or leave it?	laundry_queen	Jan 2013	#103
THIS IS A RIGHT!	thefool_wa	Jan 2013	#107
My right to life	laundry_queen	Jan 2013	#109
You do realize your 'protection against tyranny' was your right & duty to participate in a	jmg257	Jan 2013	#29
You say you're sickened...	ReRe	Jan 2013	#31
There is no stopping it	thefool_wa	Jan 2013	#45
Seriously...that is your reply?	ReRe	Jan 2013	#56
School shootings in america go back to 1764	thefool_wa	Jan 2013	#59
Well, now you are sounding a little more coherent...	ReRe	Jan 2013	#68
Bottom Line	thefool_wa	Jan 2013	#91
I couldn't disagree with you more...	ReRe	Jan 2013	#96
I don't understand how	thefool_wa	Jan 2013	#98
Wrong again	Doctor_J	Feb 2013	#121
Admit it, you would sacrifice ANYTHING & everything for your gun, even all of the potentials of your	patrice	Jan 2013	#38
No	thefool_wa	Jan 2013	#53
It's NOT your right if you oppress the rights of others by means of it; that makes it a PRIVILEGE.	patrice	Jan 2013	#40
2nd amendment, bill of RIGHTS	thefool_wa	Jan 2013	#55
Yo! Over-reactionary dumbass....I don't know how old you are, but WHEN	JanMichael	Jan 2013	#66
Thanks for the reasonalbe reply	thefool_wa	Jan 2013	#86
Your post is preposterous, from the get-go	Doctor_J	Feb 2013	#119
Idea for an editorial cartoon, if it hasn't already been done:	Tommy_Carcetti	Jan 2013	#18
They have	FunkyLeprechaun	Jan 2013	#82
I think it's possible to demonstrate that the guns have become an absolute end in and of themselves	patrice	Jan 2013	#25
And yet people who do are posting, as we speak, in the gungeon...	villager	Jan 2013	#27
Kicked and recommended.	Uncle Joe	Jan 2013	#50
Watch out! You're going to get deemed "a corrupting influence". nt	patrice	Jan 2013	#65
Wow again	thefool_wa	Jan 2013	#85
Here is what I support	thefool_wa	Jan 2013	#51
What are you scared of?	FunkyLeprechaun	Jan 2013	#87
Prove it, don't just assume because it backs your point.	thefool_wa	Jan 2013	#90
It's not a right to have a gun	FunkyLeprechaun	Jan 2013	#92
You don't know unless you try.	thefool_wa	Jan 2013	#94
The guns in norway	FunkyLeprechaun	Jan 2013	#99
Your argument is invalid	thefool_wa	Jan 2013	#101
You're not seeing the problem	FunkyLeprechaun	Feb 2013	#114
Eloquent. Elegant. True.	duhneece	Jan 2013	#52
Yes, and someone needs to contact the Commandant of the Marine Corps and put a stop to	flyover22	Jan 2013	#61
Epic context fail. I don't think anyone is talking about taking guns away from the Armed Forces.	Electric Monk	Feb 2013	#112
I think the poster might be saying the opposite	CJCRANE	Feb 2013	#115
I took it as sarcastic/humorous as well	ProgressiveProfessor	Feb 2013	#124
Yes, I took it as the poster being against the rifleman's creed. nt	CJCRANE	Feb 2013	#126
I'd refer you to my own post:	Tommy_Carcetti	Feb 2013	#125
Huh?? WHERE in that is that the rifleman must love his rifle more than his children?	MH1	Feb 2013	#128
It's a shame you cannot comprehend simple English as stated in the 'creed'.	flyover22	Feb 2013	#129
there's almost nothing left in the US to be proud of	Doctor_J	Feb 2013	#118