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      And Now They Want to Arm Our Children?

      Parents and grandparents, aunts and uncles, need to get off the couch so the Parkland high school generation of anti-gun activists doesn't have to do all the heavy lifting to end the scourge of gun violence.

      Rob Okun
      Jan 29, 2023

      Days in January: 31. Number of mass shootings in the US as of January 25, according to the Gun Violence Archive: 40. (I pray the number hasn't gone up by the time you read this.)

      From cries of madness to tears of rage; from citizen fury to congressional prayers, we careen toward a future where a visit to a ballroom dance studio (Monterey Park), mushroom farm (Half Moon Bay), or gas station (Oakland)—all in California—could be the location where you are murdered. Add those sites to this incomplete list: movie theaters, houses of worship, big box stores, and that old standby: schools.

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      10 Years After Sandy Hook Massacre, Progressives in Congress Lead Calls for Gun Control

      "It's been 10 years since Sandy Hook. Ten years and Republicans still offer no solution beyond thoughts and prayers. Our children deserve action," asserted Rep. Barbara Lee.

      Brett Wilkins
      Dec 14, 2022

      U.S. progressives marked the 10th anniversary of the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre by renewing calls for gun control, with one reform advocate telling families of those slain in the nation's worst primary school shooting that "it is our national shame that we failed to take meaningful steps to protect your children."

      "Instead of a moral reckoning, this country has seen an increase in mass shootings. The whole damn system is guilty as hell."

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      'Young People Saved This Election' for Democrats, Say Progressives

      "Don't underestimate the power of a pissed off generation," said NextGen America.

      Jessica Corbett
      Nov 09, 2022

      While control of Congress remained unclear as of Wednesday afternoon, young voters who turned out for Democrats on Tuesday played a key role in blocking a "red wave" that had been anticipated based on previous midterm elections and widely predicted by political pollsters and pundits.

      "Young people proved that Gen Z is a vital voting bloc that can and will be the bedrock of the Democratic Party."

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