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End the Violence

Don't Call It Unimaginable

By James Atwood
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Julie Henson of San Francisco joins other people outside the White House to remember shooting victims. Alex Wong/Getty Images
Dec 15, 2012
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The little children were probably dreaming of Christmas morning when a monster opened fire with his state-of-the-art weapons. Don’t say you’re shocked that 20 children were slaughtered — and more of us must admit that, unless something changes, we expect there will be more such massacres. Isn't it time for this nation to say, "We've had enough?"

When will people of faith awake and lead this gun-crazed country to adopt laws which make our streets and elementary schools as safe as those in other developed nations? Any gun lover who does not grieve over this tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School, and who continues to oppose any and all preventive measures to stop gun violence, serves an idol instead of the Living God.

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Julie Henson of San Francisco joins other people outside the White House to remember shooting victims. Alex Wong/Getty Images
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