Wasserman Schultz: House Democrats will continue protest today on gun laws
Sun-Sentinel Editorial by Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Last Wednesday, House Democrats took to the floor of the House to stand in solidarity with millions of Americans whose lives have been torn apart by gun violence. But this time, it was different. We didn’t just stand to offer meaningful thoughts and hopeful prayers — we staged a 24-hour sit-in to demand a vote on common-sense gun laws.
In the words of voting and civil rights heroine Fannie Lou Hammer, we are “sick and tired of being sick and tired.”
Tired of trying to put into words the reason why this happened again, and why we failed to prevent it.
Tired of observing a moment of silence and stopping there, as if stillness and silence are the only powers at our command against the epidemic of gun violence.
Tired of the hurt, which aches in a place deeper than flesh and blood and bone.
Tired in our souls because one mass slaughter is already too much to bear, and yet we have suffered this hurt as a nation again and again.