Dear Mr. President,
I think it’s time to have a discussion about the “absurdity”
of Americans and most particularly, parents when it comes to ‘protecting’ our
children.
Yesterday there was yet another school shooting, this time
at a middle school in Sparks, Nevada by a 12 year old boy that got a gun from
his own home, a semi-automatic pistol that was apparently not “locked up”…
I find it absolutely ‘crazy’ that parents ‘claim’ they will
do anything to protect their children from harm, except apparently, to lock up
their guns. The lengths that our society is going to, to protect children is
simply mind-boggling.
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Here are a few examples: Just recently the Kentucky High School Athletic Assoc.
directed its high schools to “not participate in organized post-game hand-shake
lines/ceremonies,” due to too many fights. Sportsmanship be damned, we need to
prevent our ‘kids’ from fighting by protecting them from an outstretched hand.
Kids on too many playgrounds are not allowed to play 'tag'
anymore because it constitutes ‘physical contact’… another school in N.Y. just
banned 'balls' at recess. Really? The answer? According to the district
superintendent, “we want to make sure our children have fun but are also
protected.” Protected from what… a ball? How much fun can recess be now? Our kids
can’t go out and play by themselves anymore… they have to have ‘arranged play
dates’… they can’t ride bikes without a helmet or roller blade without a
helmet, kneepads, and elbow pads. They can’t skate board without all of the
above gear, and most communities won’t let them skate on the sidewalks, but
it’s illegal to skate board in the street because it’s not safe. Kids don’t
play pick-up baseball or football games any more it’s all organized through the
school or recreation centers. Most kids don’t walk to school any more, even if
they live within walking distance, because parents are afraid that they might
be snatched by some stranger, which by the way, rarely happens.
The point is, is that most parents go to great lengths to
protect their children from all kinds of ‘perceived’ dangers, but they don’t
have the common sense to lock up their guns. I just cannot wrap my mind around
that mentality. We pass all kinds of school rules to protect kids from
being… well, kids. We can even ‘protect’ them from learning sportsmanship, but
we can’t seem to pass a single law that protects them from gun violence… it is
absolutely criminal, and ABSURD!
I don’t give a tinkers damn how many ‘men’ shoot off their
penis’, but I do care about the children in this country who are slaughtered by
guns each and every day. Please bring this “absurdity” to the attention of the
public because we seem to have lost all semblance of common sense when it comes
to “really” protecting children.
Most Respectfully,
Marcia Reimers,
Your Gadfly Granny
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