A Plea on Behalf of The United States of America

Please help our nation move past the mass shootings and white nationalism. Please contact your legislators. Please.

Our country faces immense problems, and we’re only going to overcome them if we work together. We have to demand more of our leaders. We have to stop these senseless shootings, which seem to be a uniquely American phenomenon. We the people MUST stand up to corrupt politicians and the NRA, and demand common sense gun legislation that will put an end to the slaughter of innocent American citizens. Yes, we must insist on strict background checks and mental health evaluations. But the shooting today in El Paso was not a result of mental illness. The shooter’s manifesto was terrifyingly cold and racist, but most disturbingly, it was extremely measured, reasoned, and calculated. The shooter clearly was not suffering from mental illness.

We must go further than just demanding mental health evaluations. We must also end the sale of military grade weapons to civilians. We must also ban bump stocks and high capacity magazines. We must also criminalize and heavily punish the undocumented sale of firearms between individuals, close the gun show loophole, and demand national firearm registration and licensing systems. The notion that a good guy with a gun is the only way to stop a bad guy with a gun has been proven false time and time again. Nobody came to the rescue of the poor souls in El Paso, despite the fact that multiple shoppers were armed with weapons of their own during the shooting. More guns is not the answer.

We also have to put white nationalism firmly in the past where it belongs. Our President is capitalizing on racism and white nationalism for political gain, and the consequences are already deadly. It will only get worse. Everyone in this nation, but especially white people, have an obligation to stand up to racists and white nationalists, and constantly remind them that the flag they continue to pervert, the flag of the United States of America, stands for liberty and justice for ALL. We must not continue to tolerate their intolerance.

It’s not overselling it to say that everything our country was built on and everything we hold dear is at stake. Please call or write to your legislators. Please.

If you’re in North Carolina, use these links to contact Senator Burr and Senator Tillis. If you’re in NC-10, you can use this link to contact Rep. McHenry. If you’re somewhere else, use this tool to quickly find your representative and senators, and reach out to them.

UPDATE: 8/4/19, 10:34;

I am heartbroken to learn that another mass shooting occurred last night at a bar in Dayton, Ohio, where 9 were killed and 26 more were injured. Police say they were able to “neutralize the shooter in less than a minute.” Less than a minute, and he shot 36+ people. More guns is NOT the answer. Please contact your legislators and beg them to end this epidemic.

If you were afraid of Islamic terrorism after 9/11 but you aren’t afraid of white nationalist terrorism now, you’re a fool.