I will admit that I think societies should plan on just moving on from national psychosis of tragic events. But I know that for some people that is important to them, particularly if they lost loved ones in the tragic event. So I stifle my urge to tell them to just get over it and go about my business quietly on those days.
This morning I find out that the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms and the Second Amendment Foundation want to declare 12/14 as "Guns Save Life's Day". 12/14 is the anniversary date of the Newtown, CT elementary school massacre in which 21 1st Graders were killed.
Why would an NRA type organization pick a day like that? That is the equivalent of Al Qaeda celebrating 9/11 as a holiday. Are we all Americans or what? Can't there be any respect for another person's point of view no matter how different it is from yours? This seems to be a very personal vendetta on the part of these NRA organizations and I don't understand their motivations. The organizer said he doesn't plan events in Newtown, but he doesn't control what his supporters do.
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