There have been 7,000 children lost to gun violence since the mass shooting at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newton, Connecticut. The activist group AVAAZ made the impact of that statistic materially visible last Monday, March 12th, by arranging 7,000 pairs of empty shoes on a lawn near the Capitol Building, hoping to move the legislators inside to pass meaningful gun reform legislation.
Samantha Bee’s prayers are answered. A generation is coming that won’t repeat our mistakes. [Read more…]