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Connie Rubio, grandmother of Ulvade victim Alexandria Aniyah 'Lexi' Rubio, 10, mourns with her family during a candlelight vigil in May. Lexi was buried Saturday as hundreds of thousands joined another March For Our Lives to say, "Enough Is Enough." Photo by Chandan Khanna/ AFP via Getty Images
This Shit Must Stop
Unarguably declaring, "We have the right not to be shot" in the only country where it's necessary to declare that, hundreds of thousands of Americans marched Saturday against the insane gun carnage killing 106 people a day. In D.C., where 50,000 gathered in the rain, our collective trauma was made real when someone did or didn't shout "gun" and a crowd fled in panic. This is now our lives. After a request from Parkland survivor David Hogg, bountiful, furious signs posted online spoke for us all: "Active shooter drills should not be a thing," "Don't look away," and "Enough is enough."
Jun 11, 2022
Unarguably declaring, "We have the right not to be shot" in the only country where it's necessary to declare that, hundreds of thousands of Americans marched Saturday against the insane gun carnage that every day kills roughly 106 people and wounds another 200. In D.C., where 50,000 gathered in the rain, our collective trauma was made real when someone may or may not have yelled "gun" and a crowd fled in panic even as a speaker from the stage bellowed, "DO NOT RUN!" This is what our lives have now become. In Texas, where 19 kids and two teachers were just gunned down in Uvalde, 10-year-old Alexandria "Lexi" Rubio was buried amidst tears as, elsewhere in the state, crowds chanted, "Fuck Ted Cruz." Responding to a request from Parkland survivor and March For Our Lives organizer David Hogg, many people posted pictures of their bountiful, furious signs, which spoke for us all: "Active shooter drills should not be a thing...Fuck the NRA...Save Lives or Step Aside...This shit doesn't happen in Australia...How many gun deaths are enough GOP?... Stop making it easier to buy an AR-15 than it is to adopt a dog...We march for those who can't... As a woman, I hope that one day I will have as many rights as a gun...Am I Next?...Vote For Our Lives...Our government is bold enough to force you to have a kid but too weak to ensure they make it to recess alive...Jesus don't like killing/No matter what the reason's for....Enough is enough." From one Texas pol, "The only kind of evil (is) not doing anything." And from Eleven Films, a searing, gut-punching video reminding us, "This is not a movie. This is real life." Don't look away.
\u201cThis is not a movie.\n\nThis is America.\n#MarchForOurLives\n#AwakenDawn\n\u201d— Tiffany Drastic (@Tiffany Drastic) 1654972483
\u201c\u201cThe only kind of evil that exists is being the leader of this state, seeing the problems staring you straight in the face, and doing nothing to solve them.\u201d \n\n\u2014 Texas State Senator Roland Gutierrez [@RolandForTexas]\n\n#MarchForOurLives #GunReform #SanAntonio #Uvalde\u201d— greg harman | newsie.social/@gharman on mastadon (@greg harman | newsie.social/@gharman on mastadon) 1654974346
\u201cThere was a scare at the march in D.C. We are okay. But this is the daily trauma that ALL of us live with in this country. We have a right not to be shot. #MarchForOurLives\u201d— March For Our Lives \u262e\ufe0f (@March For Our Lives \u262e\ufe0f) 1654969470
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Unarguably declaring, "We have the right not to be shot" in the only country where it's necessary to declare that, hundreds of thousands of Americans marched Saturday against the insane gun carnage that every day kills roughly 106 people and wounds another 200. In D.C., where 50,000 gathered in the rain, our collective trauma was made real when someone may or may not have yelled "gun" and a crowd fled in panic even as a speaker from the stage bellowed, "DO NOT RUN!" This is what our lives have now become. In Texas, where 19 kids and two teachers were just gunned down in Uvalde, 10-year-old Alexandria "Lexi" Rubio was buried amidst tears as, elsewhere in the state, crowds chanted, "Fuck Ted Cruz." Responding to a request from Parkland survivor and March For Our Lives organizer David Hogg, many people posted pictures of their bountiful, furious signs, which spoke for us all: "Active shooter drills should not be a thing...Fuck the NRA...Save Lives or Step Aside...This shit doesn't happen in Australia...How many gun deaths are enough GOP?... Stop making it easier to buy an AR-15 than it is to adopt a dog...We march for those who can't... As a woman, I hope that one day I will have as many rights as a gun...Am I Next?...Vote For Our Lives...Our government is bold enough to force you to have a kid but too weak to ensure they make it to recess alive...Jesus don't like killing/No matter what the reason's for....Enough is enough." From one Texas pol, "The only kind of evil (is) not doing anything." And from Eleven Films, a searing, gut-punching video reminding us, "This is not a movie. This is real life." Don't look away.
\u201cThis is not a movie.\n\nThis is America.\n#MarchForOurLives\n#AwakenDawn\n\u201d— Tiffany Drastic (@Tiffany Drastic) 1654972483
\u201c\u201cThe only kind of evil that exists is being the leader of this state, seeing the problems staring you straight in the face, and doing nothing to solve them.\u201d \n\n\u2014 Texas State Senator Roland Gutierrez [@RolandForTexas]\n\n#MarchForOurLives #GunReform #SanAntonio #Uvalde\u201d— greg harman | newsie.social/@gharman on mastadon (@greg harman | newsie.social/@gharman on mastadon) 1654974346
\u201cThere was a scare at the march in D.C. We are okay. But this is the daily trauma that ALL of us live with in this country. We have a right not to be shot. #MarchForOurLives\u201d— March For Our Lives \u262e\ufe0f (@March For Our Lives \u262e\ufe0f) 1654969470
Abby Zimet
Abby Zimet has written CD's Further column since 2008. A longtime, award-winning journalist, she moved to the Maine woods in the early 70s, where she spent a dozen years building a house, hauling water and writing before moving to Portland. Having come of political age during the Vietnam War, she has long been involved in women's, labor, anti-war, social justice and refugee rights issues. Email: azimet18@gmail.com
Unarguably declaring, "We have the right not to be shot" in the only country where it's necessary to declare that, hundreds of thousands of Americans marched Saturday against the insane gun carnage that every day kills roughly 106 people and wounds another 200. In D.C., where 50,000 gathered in the rain, our collective trauma was made real when someone may or may not have yelled "gun" and a crowd fled in panic even as a speaker from the stage bellowed, "DO NOT RUN!" This is what our lives have now become. In Texas, where 19 kids and two teachers were just gunned down in Uvalde, 10-year-old Alexandria "Lexi" Rubio was buried amidst tears as, elsewhere in the state, crowds chanted, "Fuck Ted Cruz." Responding to a request from Parkland survivor and March For Our Lives organizer David Hogg, many people posted pictures of their bountiful, furious signs, which spoke for us all: "Active shooter drills should not be a thing...Fuck the NRA...Save Lives or Step Aside...This shit doesn't happen in Australia...How many gun deaths are enough GOP?... Stop making it easier to buy an AR-15 than it is to adopt a dog...We march for those who can't... As a woman, I hope that one day I will have as many rights as a gun...Am I Next?...Vote For Our Lives...Our government is bold enough to force you to have a kid but too weak to ensure they make it to recess alive...Jesus don't like killing/No matter what the reason's for....Enough is enough." From one Texas pol, "The only kind of evil (is) not doing anything." And from Eleven Films, a searing, gut-punching video reminding us, "This is not a movie. This is real life." Don't look away.
\u201cThis is not a movie.\n\nThis is America.\n#MarchForOurLives\n#AwakenDawn\n\u201d— Tiffany Drastic (@Tiffany Drastic) 1654972483
\u201c\u201cThe only kind of evil that exists is being the leader of this state, seeing the problems staring you straight in the face, and doing nothing to solve them.\u201d \n\n\u2014 Texas State Senator Roland Gutierrez [@RolandForTexas]\n\n#MarchForOurLives #GunReform #SanAntonio #Uvalde\u201d— greg harman | newsie.social/@gharman on mastadon (@greg harman | newsie.social/@gharman on mastadon) 1654974346
\u201cThere was a scare at the march in D.C. We are okay. But this is the daily trauma that ALL of us live with in this country. We have a right not to be shot. #MarchForOurLives\u201d— March For Our Lives \u262e\ufe0f (@March For Our Lives \u262e\ufe0f) 1654969470
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