Daily Archives: August 28, 2012

A Summer to Die For: Country Held at Gunpoint #PutTheGunsDown:

Check out my new blog for the League of Young Voters Education Fund.  Below you will find an excerpt and link:

Days like these, with the feel of sweat rolling down your back.

The sound of Mr. Softie playing in the background and little kids playing hop scotch on cracked pavements; unaware of the danger that may be lurking behind every corner, sidewalk and alley way

Then out of nowhere, without warning or justification, bullets are flying in every direction. Marking an unsuspected victim for death.

Jump ropes are dropped in mid-swing, basketballs are left to roll into oncoming traffic and the only sound left is the pinching cries of a mother holding her baby, as she becomes just another victim of violence.”….

http://99problems.org/2012/08/putthegunsdown-a-summer-to-die-for-country-held-at-gunpoint/