Sandy Hook Promise


Last night (1/14/13) The Rachel Maddow Show featured a couple (Mr. and Mrs. David Wheeler) who lost their youngest son (Ben) to the young man who gunned down the First Grade Students of Sandy Hook Elementary School.

The question “What is Worth Doing?” became a question of the moment being asked the morning of the massacre. It is a simple question that should be asked of every American who became aware of what happened that morning in Connecticut.

Immediately, the members of the “Right” began setting off fireworks that they would not ever give up their guns for any reason. Obviously any effort to remove ammunition would be a threat to the 2nd Amendment too.

It would be unthinkable to simply push this massacre under the table to pacify members of the religious right to take away their symbols of strength that they have chosen to replace the cross with assault weapons.

In the last dozen years The Republican National Committee chose to rewrite their platform with an agenda that relied on the Christian Faith to direct the rules of asking all Republicans to follow the New Testament as their party agenda. I questioned these new rules and asked the Arizona State Senator if I had to be a Christian to be a Republican and he said “yes.”

No wonder the GOP is losing members. I joined the party in 1952 and left the party in 2000 when the Party left me.

Last night during the Rachel Maddow Show, I made a commitment called “The Sandy Hook Promise” to work on the concept of banning assault weapons and their ammunition along with other actions that will put an end to the massacre of our babies. I will wear a green ribbon to show my affiliation with this Sandy Hook Promise.

When I hear anyone questioning my promise I will ask “What is worth doing?”

AKA Sandy Price