Christina Grimmie was twenty two years old. In her short life, her incredible talent took her to The Voice, where she was among the top three. She was here, in my home town - a place where my son and his children had been just hours before the unthinkable happened - performing for fans.
Afterwards, she was signing autographs when a crazed man, with two guns, ran up to her and shot her point blank. Her brother tackled the guy, who turned the gun on himself and ended his miserable existence. Christina's brother is a hero who prevented the gunman from harming or killing anyone else.
Christina was taken to the hospital where she later died.
Those are the facts of the event. Here are the long lasting end results:
- Christina's family will never get over this loss. Ever. They will cry and feel broken as they think of their beautiful and talented loved one whose life was so quickly taken.
- Millions of Christina's fans are left in shock; never to see her perform again.
- Folks who witnessed the horror will never feel safe attending a concert or even driving through a parking lot again!
After every tragedy, instead of gun sales going down - they go up! Do you gun fanatics realize her brother stopped the gunman - not with another gun - but with his body??!! How could having armed people everywhere have stopped this tragedy? Why, it could have possibly ended up in a free for all with people shooting each other.
Seriously. What is it going to take? I thought, after each tragedy, maybe this will be the thing which wakes America up to the craziness of our gun culture. The NRA is a revolting, insidious group of crazy people, determined to keep their wealth spawned by the propaganda they spout and the fear they generate. It's time the reasonable, sane people of this country stand up to the insanity and demand gun reform.
Actually, it's way past time.....
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