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I have hope …

Yiddish Proverb:

If things are not as you wish, wish them as you are. Aoyb das iz nisht vi ir vilt, vil zey vi ir zent.

I have hope.

I have reason to be a bissel (a little bit) hopeful my friends. Many of you know, I can kvetch (rant) who me? about the tsuris (troubles) this country, my country, faces daily with senseless gun violence. Finally, the tides are turning in the right direction. Hard work with great organizations like #MomsDemandAction and #EverytownForGunSense had thousands and thousands of supporters hockin meir in chinik (banging on the tea kettle) and the noise went straight to our elected officials.

There is good news in the fight against guns. We were heard. The Federal Government (yes, this very government), is making way to ban bump stocks. For those of you living in safer climes (it should only stay that way), a bump stock is an evil, technical gizmo that when attached, makes an automatic rifle or a gun, fire faster, for an outcome that ensures a greater loss of life.

After countless, senseless, violent gun atrocities, the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (ATF) will finally take the necessary (and legal) actions to ban these horrific firearm accessories.

Do I want more? You bet I do. Do I think they should ban (all guns) automatic rifles? Magazine clips? Should anyone who purchases a gun have to go through a thorough background check? Nu? Is it okay that it is harder to buy a decongestant at the local pharmacy than it is to buy a gun in the US?

This victory, I will take with pride. The people are speaking out. Together, we will continue to do the work to make this world a safer place for my kinder, and for yours.

Last week, I was driving home from a school meeting, and I stopped to see this memorial of t-shirts. Each shirt represents a Philadelphian, a person, gunned down and killed by illegal guns. I stopped the car, goosebumps on my arms. I walked over to see the shirts, read the names. I paid my respects.

There are just too many. Like a baby, I cried, as the sky darkened over this harsh display of lost lives.

A couple of weeks’ back, the police, ambulances, and fire trucks, sirens blaring, they all came careening down our street. They stopped in front of our house? WTF? What was wrong? What had happened? Yellow police tape rolling out, flashlights scouring the sidewalks and road.

Apparently, a young, maybe 14, 15-ish-year-old boy, shot himself in the hand too close for comfort up the street. Who knows what he was trying to do, or with whom. As choices go, smart, he isn’t. As the ambulance sped off, I hugged my kinder, my Mrs. even tighter.

Yiddish Proverb:

As long as a person lives, the entire world is too small; after death, the grave is big enough. Azoy lang der mensch lebt iz im di gantse velt tsu kleyn; nokhn toyt iz im der kever genug.

Zai gezunt. Go in good health.

Look out NRA. We are going to #BreakThePattern

I have hope.

 

Some great folks I like to share with….

45 thoughts on “I have hope …”

  1. oh gosh what a sight those T-shirts are, tragic loss of life, such pain. Any victory is worth celebrating, but still so far to go, keep praying and fighting, and be gentle with yourself my lovely xx I wonder what that boy was doing shooting his hand, I hope he is receiving some counselling, scary and sad! Keep hugging! #MIXITUP

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  8. wow!! I am supremely grateful to have not known what a bump stock is. It must be incredibly frustrating to be someone who is very much for strict gun control and feel you’re not listen too. I hope you will see movement on this soon #triumphanttales

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  13. Wow, just… I’ve got chills just looking at those t-shirts. It is horrifying that in this day and age that guns are still so accessible. But I think it’s more horrifying that it’s easier to get than decongestant… just mind-blowing!
    Thank you for sharing this with us at #TriumphantTales. I hope to see you back next week!

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  14. Coming from Northern England I’ve never truly understood the obsession with guns and gun culture. Well done for fighting the good fight. Lets hope common sense will eventually prevail. #TriumphantTales

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  20. Progress! Hurray! What a poignant memorial the t-shirts are, though. These are tragedies that are so easily preventable, or at least there would be a lot less of them if somebody in government would be willing to make real, meaningful change to the gun laws. Congratulations on your win – the start of a new era, hopefully #blogcrush

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