An anguished Aunt of one of a 14-year-old killed in the Florida School shooting posted an open letter addressed ‘Dear America,’ pleading for action, ‘not prayers’ in the wake of the shooting deaths. Abbie Youkilis writes:

‘My family does not want your hopes and prayers. We want your action. Join us in fighting the NRA. Join us in deposing any politician who cares more about campaign contributions than my beautiful Jaime. Join us in supporting leaders who will bravely fight for our children’s lives,’ Youkilis writes.

Gun rights advocates have distorted the Second Amendment right to bear arms beyond rational interpretation, she says.

‘Why is your hunting hobby more important than my niece’s life?’ Youkilis writes. ‘Why should my niece have been sacrificed at the altar of your ‘freedoms?”

Describing her niece, Jamie Guttenberg, Abbie Youkilis says she was ‘intelligent and feisty with the world’s best smile. She says she danced with beauty and grace, and ‘probably had been kind to the student who shot her.’

Heartbreaking.

 

 

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