Gun Culture
From an old friend (pictured at left):On Monday evening my daughter and her roommate, who live in Center City (Philadelphia), walked the short walk from their apartment to the Art Museum to watch the 4th of July celebratory fireworks display. They sat down on the curb across from Eakins Oval at about 9:30 to enjoy the show. Within 2 minutes of settling in, shots rang out through the area and they were back on their feet sprinting down the Parkway along with the rest of the crowd – fleeing another possible American sniper taking pot shots at fellow Americans. This, hours after 7 people were killed and dozens more wounded in an Illinois suburb of Chicago.
I’m 67 years old. I was 13 in the spring of 1968 when two leaders with immense promise were gunned down in this country. I remember waking up on the morning of June 6th of that year to the news of Bobby Kennedy’s assassination and feeling dismay, disbelief and anger. I am feeling the same feelings today.
This country I so love is falling apart at the seams and I feel helpless. The gun culture in this country is absurd.
Yes, it’s a combination of the corruptive effects of the gun lobby, and a population whose concentration of hateful idiots is rising with each passing year.
