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4th of July 'Sit In' Against Gun Violence
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Peninsula Congresswoman Jackie Speier took part Monday in a "sit-in" against gun violence while dressed in red, white and blue. At the annual Fourth of July festival in Redwood City, it was a day of celebration -- with a message. Holding signs reading, "Disarm Hate," Speier and anti-violence advocates chanted "No more gun violence!" outside the Fox Theatre on Broadway while calling for responsible gun legislation and mandatory background checks for all gun sales. |
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I'm against gun violence too.
Well, actually, I am against all violence. There's no reason to separate it into "gun" violence and all other forms of violence.
It is that opposition to violence that leads me to own guns. I'm especially against violence done to me or to those close to me-- so much so that I prepare myself to counter it, should it unfortunately be necessary one day. I own and carry guns because I am a peaceable citizen who thinks that violent victimization of others cannot be tolerated.
As one with a basic familiarity with reality, I recognize that there are people out there who don't share this ideal. Thus, it is incumbent upon me to have the means to resist those who would breach the peace with their violent impulses. |
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| I do believe that where there is a choice only between cowardice and violence, I would advise violence. Thus when my eldest son asked me what he should have done had he been present when I was almost fatally assaulted in 1908 [by an Indian extremist opposed to Gandhi's agreement with Smuts], whether he should have run away and seen me killed or whether he should have used his physical force which he could and wanted to use, and defend me, I told him it was his duty to defend me even by using violence. Hence it was that I took part in the Boer War, the so-called Zulu Rebellion and [World War I]. Hence also do I advocate training in arms for those who believe in the method of violence. I would rather have India resort to arms in order to defend her honor than that she should in a cowardly manner become or remain a helpless witness to her own dishonor. — Mohandas K. Gandhi, Young India, August 11, 1920 from Fischer, Louis ed.,The Essential Gandhi, 1962 |
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