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<\/a><\/p>\nI\u2019m beyond sick and tired of reading about our innocent kids being murdered in schools, and in various cases by teens who had a legal right to carry a gun.\u00a0 This Mennonite had this message for Congress\u2014- i.e. PASS A DECENT LAW PROHIBITING THE SALE OF MILITARY OR AUTOMATIC WEAPONS, ESPECIALLY TO ANYONE UNDER 30.\u00a0 Other countries that are far more civilized than our, have such laws and they are doing just fine.\u00a0 People still have hunting rifles or pistols there.\u00a0 But not automatic weapons.\u00a0 \u00a0I have absolutely no hope this coming Congress, or this incoming President will do anything to help solve this problem.\u00a0 He\u2019s too busy caricaturing immigrants as just a bunch of criminals and drug dealers, who even eat cats.<\/p>\n
America is one sick country, and one sign of that sickness is that while we are armed to the teeth, we can\u2019t even manage to keep the peace with all our weapons, or reduce violence in society in general.\u00a0 Shame on us, shame on the NRA, and especially shame on Christians who sit idly by while our children are murdered.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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