"We worry about the hormones in their milk, the violence in 'Spongebob Squarepants,' and yet this country tolerates the existence of a military-style assault weapon built for no other purpose than killing lots of people on a battlefield -- fast... But nothing will change when it comes to guns in America. That is something rotten and infected in our culture. And it breaks my heart, at least 27 different ways." Paula Dvorak, Kaplan Daily.
"This latest terrible tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School is not fluke. It is a result of the senseless, immoral neglect of all of us as a nation to fail to protect children instead of guns and to speak out against the pervasive culture of violence. It is up to us to stop these preventable tragedies." Marian Wright Edelman, president of the Children's Defense Fund, quoted by Dvorak.
In this country, the right to "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness" takes a back seat to the "right" to carry a piece of child-killing hardware. That's our greatest sickness as a people and a nation.
