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date = "2018-03-25T22:34:40-07:00"
title = "'#NeverAgain'"
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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="https://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>.