Jordan Davis mother: What I want Trump to know about gun violence

[billh58]

My heart goes out to the family of Nykea Aldridge, who was killed this weekend in Chicago by what police said was an errant bullet intended for someone else. It goes out, too, to the families of the other 10 people fatally shot in Chicago this weekend alone — each of them leaving behind loved ones just as Aldridge, and my own 17-year-old son Jordan Davis, did.

Aldridge was killed pushing a stroller on Chicago’s South Side. Jordan was fatally shot by an angry man who didn’t like his loud music. While the settings vary, each day in this country, far too many families like ours are experiencing the pain of a loved one killed by gun violence.

After Aldridge was killed, Donald Trump tweeted: “Dwyane Wade’s cousin was just shot and killed walking her baby in Chicago. Just what I have been saying. African-Americans will VOTE TRUMP!”

I had to read that tweet a few times for it to sink in. Donald Trump has proudly accepted the gun lobby’s endorsements and voiced support for its dangerous agenda. It’s the reckless ideas put forward by the NRA’s leadership, and pushed through by fearful legislators, that have allowed systemic gun violence to expand, wreaking havoc on communities of color for decades. How does Trump think that he can win the black vote as he supports policies that make our cities more dangerous?

Chicago, my hometown, offers a good illustration of why Trump is so wrong

http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/jordan-davis-mother-what-i-want-trump-know-about-gun-violence

Not only is Trump so very wrong, but so are the millions of gun nuts who proclaim loudly about how the Second Amendment gives them the "right" to carry lethal weapons anywhere, anytime, for any reason. That twisted logic was never the intent of the Second Amendment, nor does it even imply that guns can not be regulated and their use controlled.

Thankfully, Trump and his apologists, along with the NRA/ILA/ALEC/Koch Brothers right-wing gun lobby, are beginning to wear thin on millions of Americans, and the impetus is building towards sensible gun control measures at the city, county, and state levels of government. This is the same battlefield where the fight against Trump's homophobic, bigoted, misogynist, racist policies will be waged and eventually won.

Contrary to what the gun nuts claim, there is indeed a gun violence epidemic in this country, and it is a very real public health menace caused mainly by the same racist, bigoted extremists who support Trump.

[AllenJordan]

1. Arent all guns lethal?

As well as cars, knives, bricks, baseball bats, chemicals, etc?

[billh58]

2. Thanks for playing,

but that analogy is so old and lame as to be almost comical. "Cars, knives, bricks, baseball bats, and chemicals" were not designed specifically to kill, and are not lethal from a distance.

Now run along and go annoy another Group.