Soldiers Were Not The Only Ones to Make the Ultimate Sacrifice

Today we honor and remember those American soldiers who died defending our country in battle; arguably, those that recently died in battle sacrificed their lives willingly as we have an all-voluntary military for almost a half of century.  Most of the formal recognitions occur at cemeteries, the most well known being Arlington National Cemetery that has the most prominent memorial, the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. 

But are these known and unknown soldiers who made the ultimate sacrifice the only ones that lost their lives in the name of our government?  NO!  They are not the only ones.  The following UNWILLING sacrificed their lives for us to have an Unlimited Second Amendment (2A) right:

• Students at:
• Columbine High School,
• Virginia Tech, and
• Sandy Hook to truly name a few;
• Concertgoers in Las Vegas; and
• Office and factory workers in all fifty states.

If we are so willing to take a day off for soldiers who willingly went into battle knowing full well they may not live to see the sun rise the following day defending our government then I think we should also have a day of remembrance and a dedicated memorial for those who just happened to unfortunately win the lottery that ended their life, liberty and pursuit of happiness so anyone can obtained an instrument of death (i.e. a gun) without showing whether they are worthy and responsible enough to handle such an instrument because that is what have allowed as a society  It is the least we can do, is it not?

Life or Death, Which Do You Embrace?

The following questions are those I sent to my two Senators, Marco Rubio and the Junior, Rick Scott.

I encourage you to copy and paste in an email to send to your elected representatives.

Dear Elected Official (in my email, I just stated their first name):

Are you not bothered that an American would seek to kill another American, such as what occurred yesterday at a STEM school in CO?

Is not that behavior the antithesis of our founding core values of life, liberty and pursuit of happiness?

Are you aware that a gun is one of the most efficient weapons for an individual to wield in which to kill a living creature?

It is and as such, should we (i.e. Americans) not ensure that those who seek to own and use a gun respect our founding core values and conclusively demonstrate that they will act responsibly?

Yet, do we do that?  Do we see if people are worthy to exercise their Second Amendment right?

Anthony Scalia and four (4) other Supreme Court Justices in their DC vs. Heller ruling state, “the Second Amendment [(2A)] right is not unlimited.”  In other words, 2A has limits.

Yet, what limits do we (i.e. America) place on exercising our 2A right?

Essentially, none, am I not correct?

Why not have Universal Background Checks (UBC)?

If not then what is more important to you?

And why do you never provide me answers?  Is it asking too much?  Are you afraid to stand your ground?  I put things in writing?  Why cannot you?

Two last questions:
Which do you embrace, life or death?

If you say life (as you may point to your stance on abortion) then why not seek to protect all Americans’ lives by voting for UBC?

Think of this way when pondering my questions, guns represent death and fear.  Have a little love and desire for life.