Group plans vigil for Newtown victims, gun reform
Posted on June 13, 2013 - 11:15 a.m.
WOODSTOCK
– Six months since the school shooting in Newtown, Conn., a group is
holding a candlelight vigil on the Woodstock Square to honor victims and
promote gun reform.The Newtown Candlelight Memorial will start at sunset Friday, June 14. It's expected to last from about 8:30 p.m. to 9 p.m.
A sign-making session will precede the vigil from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. on the 2nd floor of the Woodstock Square Mall. The vigil will take place at Woodstock Square Park.
The event was organized by a loose group of McHenry County residents who want to protect children, schools and communities from gun violence. They encourage "common-sense reforms," according to news release.
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Did anyone show up? Did anyone know about it?
Why do some people confuse the issues of sympathy for victims and the desire to "promote gun reform"? What they mean is taking the guns awy from law-abiding citizens, and they won't get any sympathy from me on that one!
Yes, indeed, I am sorry for the children and families of Newtown. "Honor" the victims? I don't think so. Remember them? Express sorrow for them? Yes.
But promote gun reform? Perhaps it would have been "politically incorrect" to picket the gathering or wear my t-shirt that promotes the Second Amendment and freedom for law-abiding gun owners, along with the right to carry a loaded concealed weapon in Illinois. But I would have, had I known of that gathering.
No responsible gun owner encourages gun violence. In fact, we are working hard to prevent further gun violence. Taking guns away from responsible and legal gun owners (by criminalizing ownership)? There is absolutely nothing "common sense" about that. Period!
Guess it's good that I didn't know about that gathering last night!
2 comments:
All these people are doing is exploiting these childrens deaths. Yeah their deaths were tragic and should have never happened but it just so happened the media plastered it all over the tv 24/7 for a week. I'm sure if the media reacted that way to other mass tragities people would be trying to ban the weapons used in those tragities. example cars, house fires, knives... exc congradulations welcome to life people die, although we take the precations we can to prevent as many deaths as possible without stepping on peoples rights.
One person there wrote: "Twenty five folks or so gathered on a cool summer ing [sic] on Woodstock Square to memorialize the Newtown School shooting six months ago and all victims of gun violence. We lit candles, prayed, and reflected on what we need to do to change the violent, gun obsessed culture we live in."
See photos at https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10151455050411027.1073741833.725566026&type=1
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