Stand Your Ground Tweet Of The Month @endyourstand

End Stand Your Ground

I read the Declaration of Independence yesterday, just to refresh my memory, so tt seems fitting today to debut a new featured post called “Tweet of the Month“, which will present some of the most thought-provoking, engaging interactions from our twittersphere every month. Wishing wish you and yours a happy, safe, Fourth of July, also!

End Stand Your Ground July 4th

We have a constitutional right to defend ourselves #standyourground is an unnecessary law that gives a #License2Killpic.twitter.com/usbliD7rlG

— EndStandYourGround (@endyourstand) July 4, 2015

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Life in America: where children worry more about getting shot than getting an education

By Robert A. Vella

Can you solve this sociological equation?

A (easy access to guns) + B (a highly competitive society) = C

Multiple choice answers:

1. Gun violence.
2. Mass shootings.
3. Death.
4. Ruined lives.
5. All of the above.

If you selected answer #5, you would be correct.

Continue reading:  https://thesecularjurist.wordpress.com/2014/10/25/life-in-america-where-children-worry-more-about-getting-shot-than-getting-an-education/

Stray Bullet Kills 3-Year-Old in Philadelphia

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When I read a news story like this, I can’t help but to wonder what a gun rights advocate must think when he or she reads the same story (theDailyBeast.com):

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Justice for Renisha now!

Failure To Listen

Renisha McBride and her killer Theodore Wafer

Nineteen year-old Renisha McBride — an unarmed Black woman from Detroit — was tragically shot dead in a mostly white suburb of Dearborn Heights, MI on Saturday, November 2, 2013. She was seeking help after being involved in a car accident nearby. Renisha was lost and frightened when she approached the home of 54-year-old Theodore Wafer. But instead of offering this distressed innocent young woman a helping hand, Wafer fatally shot her through the front door of his home.¹Jury selection in the trial of Theodore Wafer is set to begin today.² Now is our chance to demonstrate that Renisha’s family is not alone in their calls for justice and that they have the love and support of people across the country who are counting on the Wayne County Prosecutor, Kym Worthy, to deliver justice the first…

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Gun Violence Takes a Child’s Life, And Many More, in Chicago

Courtesy of progressillinois.com/sites/progressillinois.com

There have been many mass shootings in America just within the past few years. But among these high-profile murders are countless low-profile ones like this, reported by ChicagoTribune.com: