2016 Postmortem
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Sunday, June 19, 2016
b]! An open letter on Charleston by Hillary" ~ On the 1 Year Anniversary of a Tragedy
http://networkforhillary.blogspot.com/2016/06/network-for-hillary-open-letter-on.html?spref=tw
Rev. Betty Deas Clark, pastor of the Emanuel AME Church in Charleston
Hillary Clinton: An open letter on Charleston
By Hillary Clinton
Friends
One year ago today, our nation lost nine precious lives. They were mothers and fathers, students and coaches, pastors and choir members. They were men and women of faith, each filled with passion and love, and with so much left to give. For many, time has done little to dull the pain of their loss. I still remember my grief and confusion when I heard the news. But their deaths have not been in vain.
"Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things," Scripture teaches us. "Love never fails."
On that evening in the "Mother Emanuel" AME Church, Clementa, Cynthia, Susie, Ethel, DePayne, Tywanza, Daniel, Sharonda and Myra lived out the lessons of their faith, like always -- welcoming a stranger for prayer and fellowship, offering love without a second thought.
Their spirit of love remained long after they were gone. In court, one by one, grieving parents and siblings looked at the young man who had taken so much from them and said, "I forgive you." And the entire Charleston community -- black and white, Christian, Muslim and Jewish, and so many others -- came together to stand up to hate and bigotry, providing love to one another instead.
Filled with that love, we have made progress. The Confederate flag that flew on the South Carolina State House grounds has been removed. Young people have called out for much-needed reforms to our criminal justice system. Mothers who lost their children to gun violence are channeling their grief into action and turning their mourning into a movement for common-sense gun reform.
But we have much more to do.
Another mass shooting, in Orlando, broke our hearts earlier this week.
On that terrible evening and every day since, Americans across the country have joined our hearts with the people of Charleston and South Carolina. Millions of Americans are still walking with them -- in grief, solidarity and determination.
In the spirit of the Charleston Nine, let's bridge our divides, fight for change and remember that love never fails.
With solidarity and warm regards, I am
Sincerely yours,
Hillary Rodham Clinton"
You can read the original letter here
Agschmid
(28,749 posts)What's it going to take?
Where do we draw the line?
Duckhunter935
(16,974 posts)That is effective
Agschmid
(28,749 posts)And that's the problem.
Duckhunter935
(16,974 posts)Magazine size limits, fully funding law enforcement and enforcing current laws are out. OK
msanthrope
(37,549 posts)msanthrope
(37,549 posts)riversedge
(69,721 posts)Hortensis
(58,785 posts)just by passing laws making breaking up more profitable (we can), we can certainly "fix" the parts of the problem contributed to by gun manufacturers the same way.
Duckhunter935
(16,974 posts)And any sale of a new weapon, the buyer has to pas a federal background check and any other state checks
msanthrope
(37,549 posts)According to rules and regulations, too. And yet the people of America decided to hold those corporations accountable for their marketing.
We should do the same for gun manufacturers.
Duckhunter935
(16,974 posts)About the dangerous health effecs of their products. Everybody knows wespons are designed to fire a projectile out the muzzle and they place warnings in every manual sold with a firearm.