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Context: Mass shooting at a church in Texas; preliminary reports of 27 dead (unconfirmed as of this writing).

Also: this is NOT how I imagined the return to this blog. #OhFuckingWellY’all.

On Facebook, I posted a link to Moms Demand Action: https://momsdemandaction.org/about/ along with an explanation about why I did. It goes like this: 

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I just joined. I hope you do too.

I am not religious IN THE LEAST and generally classify myself as rabidly atheist, but I understand that most humans are not like this and find comfort, guidance and community in churches. 

(Granted, churches and religions can be hugely problematic. That’s another debate for another day. Today, I find myself wanting to defend those who need them.)

What it boils down to for me, is that I find preying upon defenseless, innocent people — whether they are in churches or in schools or in gay nightclubs or at country music concerts in Sin City or at universities or in malls or on freeways or in ANY of the myriad other places in America where people should be perfectly safe —  to be profoundly fucking heinous. 

The fact that We The People allow these atrocities to continue happening because of one lobby’s flawed interpretation of the Second Amendment is unacceptable.

You want a hunting rifle? Fine. You want a handgun for personal protection? Fine. 

You want an assault rife? FUCK YOU AND FUCK NO. You want to hunt other humans, you demonstrate that you have actual courage and integrity and join the fucking military.

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