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id: 861
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title: '#NeverAgain'
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date: 2018-03-25T22:34:40-06:00
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author: don
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guid: https://www.duckland.org/?p=861
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permalink: /2018/03/neveragain/
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categories:
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- Family
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- Photos
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- Protests
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<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="{"aperture":"5.6","credit":"","camera":"DMC-ZS40","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1521883800","copyright":"","focal_length":"44.8","iso":"200","shutter_speed":"0.0125","title":"","orientation":"1"}" 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&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" />
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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.
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Never Again.
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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.
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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>. |