America Rise Up--We Who Are Better Than This--After all, Is there Really Any Honor in Kicking a Person when they are down--For the Love of Mercy--Is That Not When We lift them Up

  THIS--THIS--THIS IS THE DEPTH THAT THE NRA'S LEADERSHIP HAVE SUNK TO AND ARE LEADING THEIR MEMBERSHIP TO

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Why We Can’t Ignore the Sandy Hook Truthers By Alex Seitz-Wald, Salon.com Sandy Hook conspiracy theorists aren't going to go away if we pretend they don't exist. READ MORE» After all, just imagine, you are a parent, you have sent you child to school to get an education so that they would have a better future, but instead of getting an education, they got killed. Then to make matters even worse, you have other people claiming that your pain and suffering and grief are not really real, but part of some conspiracy--HOW WOULD YOU FEEL? WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE FOR YOUR FELLOW COUNTRY MEN--YEAH THE REST WORLD TO DO? THEN, LET US GO FORTH AND DO IT--FOR THOSE WHO SHOULD BE LEFT A LONE IN THIS TIME OF UNSPEAKABLE GRIEF.

Dear Readers, while these 'Truthers' are spewing their Evil and Diabolical Lies, there is something that the Good Caring People can do--Those dear parents who now morn the deaths of their children at such tender ages need not suffer alone--there are courses of action to be taken--Now is not the time to yield to the temptation of cursing out the darkness---OH, HOW THIS GERMAN TEMPER KNOW HOW TEMPTING THAT IS, But that is a different story--Now-Now is the time to Focus--Focus On the Good that can come out of this Evil deed.  After all, Did Not Our God Promise that 'All Things Work for His Glory"--This-This can too, BY BRINGING GUN SANITY TO AMERICA--So Please Join me and The Good People of MoveOn by;

This is it.

President Obama just proposed "the most aggressive and expansive national gun-control agenda in generations."¹

Mandatory background checks for all gun buyers. A ban on assault weapons and high-capacity ammunition clips. More money for mental health. Stronger enforcement of the laws currently on the books.

It took a horrifying, unthinkable tragedy to put guns back on the agenda. But we finally have a real chance to put some sanity into America's gun laws.

This won't be easy. The NRA, backed by major funding from the gun industry, is already pouring money into a gutless TV ad campaign smearing President Obama as an "elitist hypocrite."²

But after President Obama's big announcement, there's no going back. We have to go big. We're aiming to raise $200,000 today to beef up our grassroots campaign to pressure members of Congress and politicians at every level of government to get them on board with the president's plan. Can you chip in $5?

Yes, I can contribute $5 to help end gun violence.

Our plan has three parts, all designed to overpower NRA money and lobbying to get gun violence prevention measures enacted:

1. An on-the-ground grassroots organizing onslaught to counter the NRA's network. Tomorrow, in more than 200 communities and every major city, Community Committees Against Gun Violence are meeting to create action plans for winning gun violence prevention legislation—and beating the NRA—in city halls, state capitols, and D.C.

Here's an example of the kind of actions we'll be planning: MoveOn members organized a gun show protest this past weekend in Saratoga Springs, New York. They held a vigil in remembrance of Sandy Hook, followed by speeches from an elementary school student, a veteran, and local elected officials calling for action to reduce gun violence.³ We need to pay for organizers and local ads to make sure communities know what's happening and how they can participate in powerful actions like this.

2. A communications strategy to elevate voices and campaigns of gun violence prevention activists. We'll promote more activists like MoveOn member Maria Roach, whose petition against the gun lobbyists' "Gun Appreciation Day" has garnered national attention and led to an embarrassing and offensive statement from the chief organizers of the event.⁴

More people stepped up to take action on gun violence after Sandy Hook than in any other single moment in MoveOn's history. We'll help them tell their stories in local and national media, and make it easy for you to share the stories online. 

3. An over-the-air multimedia campaign to bust the NRA's myths. The NRA's leaders and lobbyists have been misleading the public and members of Congress for a generation. It's time to tell the truth, and we're ready to do it. We'll make and distribute videos and materials that reveal just how loophole-ridden our gun laws are and how we have to fix them to save lives.

We can win real gun violence prevention laws. Now is the time to go all in and make our generation the one that put an end to rampant gun violence.

Click here to contribute $5 to help end gun violence.

Thanks for all you do.

–Garlin, Steven, Anna, Manny, and the rest of the team

Sources:

1. "Obama to announce most expansive gun-control agenda in generations," The Washington Post, January 15, 2013
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=286430&id=61113-21105186-_SR4d1x&t=5

2. "NRA's new ad calls Obama 'elitist hypocrite,'" The Washington Post, January 15, 2013
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=286431&id=61113-21105186-_SR4d1x&t=6

3. "Saratoga Gun Fair is Underway—Protests Peaceful: Audio, Video inside," Saratoga Wire, January 12, 2013
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=286363&id=61113-21105186-_SR4d1x&t=7

4. "Larry Ward, Gun Appreciation Day Founder, Says Armed African Americans Could've Prevented Slavery (VIDEO)," The Huffington Post, January 11, 2013
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=286428&id=61113-21105186-_SR4d1x&t=8

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