www.duckland.org/posts/2018/03/neveragain.md
2019-05-20 16:48:56 -05:00

24 lines
No EOL
3 KiB
Markdown
Raw Blame History

This file contains invisible Unicode characters

This file contains invisible Unicode characters that are indistinguishable to humans but may be processed differently by a computer. If you think that this is intentional, you can safely ignore this warning. Use the Escape button to reveal them.

---
id: 861
title: '#NeverAgain'
date: 2018-03-25T22:34:40-06:00
author: don
layout: post
guid: https://www.duckland.org/?p=861
permalink: /2018/03/neveragain/
categories:
- Family
- Photos
- Protests
---
<img data-attachment-id="859" data-permalink="https://www.duckland.org/p1010118/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/www.duckland.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/P1010118.jpg?fit=4896%2C3672&ssl=1" data-orig-size="4896,3672" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;DMC-ZS40&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1521883800&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;44.8&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;200&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0125&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}" data-image-title="March For Our Lives" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/www.duckland.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/P1010118.jpg?fit=300%2C225&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/www.duckland.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/P1010118.jpg?fit=840%2C630&ssl=1" class="size-medium wp-image-859 aligncenter" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.duckland.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/P1010118.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1" alt="March For Our Lives" width="300" height="225" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/www.duckland.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/P1010118.jpg?resize=300%2C225&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/www.duckland.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/P1010118.jpg?resize=768%2C576&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/www.duckland.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/P1010118.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/www.duckland.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/P1010118.jpg?w=1680&ssl=1 1680w, https://i0.wp.com/www.duckland.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/P1010118.jpg?w=2520&ssl=1 2520w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px" data-recalc-dims="1" />
&nbsp;
The numbers are unbelievable.  As I write this, we are 12 weeks into 2018, and <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/02/us/school-shootings-2018-list-trnd/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">there have been 17 school shootings in the US where someone was injured or killed</a>.  1.4 per week.  And, if you look outside of schools, there have been to date <a href="http://www.gunviolencearchive.org/mass-shooting" target="_blank" rel="noopener">50 mass shootings</a> where 4 or more people were injured or killed, not counting the shooter.  50 since January 1, 2018.
Never Again.
I plan to talk to my US and Texas Representatives and Senators about the issue.  Yesterday, I went with my two oldest to the March For Our Lives protest in Houston.  I am proud to say, it was my kids who wanted to go.
Naturally, I took my camera and tried to capture the spirit of the event with photos of the signs and a couple of videos.  They are posted in <a href="https://www.duckland.org/photos/Protests/2018-03-March-For-Our-Lives/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the photos section</a>.