things like the smashed and brutalized body of Noah Pozner.
Newspapers and the media should have shown it
too many are detached from the reality of what guns do
they watch movies, tv shows, video games
it desensitizes
it is not real
I think back to when electeds on the Hill came out of seeing the Abu Ghraib photos sick to their stomachs
we should all have seen them, all of them
as Abu Ghraib was an almost inevitable byproduct of our idiotic decisions about Iraq, the violence of 12/14 in Newtown is an almost inevitable product of our idiotic policies on guns
if the NRA and gun advocates want to continue their blather, let us respond with the results
all of the results
including Noah's body, with its multiple wounds from a weapon with a muzzle velocity in excess of 3000 feet per second, with projectiles that deform upon impact (no through and through), that are designed for only one purpose - to kill
AR-15s are designed to kill full-sized adults with a single round
remember that
now remember that the CT state medical examiner said some of the children had up to 11 wounds from Lanza's Bushmaster AR-15
let that sink in
trust me, you cannot imagine
which is why, if his parents are willing, we should ALL see
when Congress debates restrictions, put those photos up on the floor, and show them on C-Span
it is long overdue that Americans fully understand what is at risk -
... more smashed and destroyed and brutalized bodies, including of young children
and if this gets me added to the NRA's enemy list, then I will claim that honor proudly.