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Gun Violence | Alyssa Francois | TEDxPascoCountySchools


the world is a dangerous place to live
not because of the people who are evil
but because of the people who don’t do
anything about it said Albert Einstein
you are sending their kids to school
every day most likely not wondering if
they’re okay will they come back home
you are definitely not thinking that
your kids are about to lose their lives
to a gun there have been 239 school
shootings in America since Sandy Hook do
you think that’s okay
there have been 430 victims a hundred
thirty-eight with which have died sooner
or later that could be your kids out
there losing their lives to gun that
could be your sister your brother your
cousin nephew maybe even your aunt or
uncle this violence won’t stop unless we
speak up still not convinced this is a
problem and sit back and listen up
parkland shooting this year 17 dead 2015
Young Buck Community College 10 dead
2012 Sandy Hook elementary Newton
Connecticut 28 dead one of the most
tragic school shooting it doesn’t
speaking of speaking up did you hear
about that huge March that happened in
Washington 11 year old girl only in
elementary school was speaking to
hundreds of thousands of people talking
about gun violence
taking a stand thing no never again just
like that passionate fifth grader I’m
here to say never again to gun violence
it doesn’t matter if these happen in the
past where was the government when we
needed them where is the government now
after the 18th school shooting it in
2018 where are they now after all those
marches and walk outs kids life being
taken by guns what it feels one of the
people who work for the government
whose child got shot during a school
shooting would action be taking what the
victim finally be seen as people and not
numbers with new laws be created with
the violence finally end iya fifth
grader had to practice running out of my
classroom with my hands up like one of
the Parkland survivors kindergarteners
across and he did the same if this our
new normal now it can’t be Martin Luther
King jr. once said all eyes begin to end
the day we become silent about things
that matter that’s exactly what the
government is doing
we’re losing live because the government
is final and won’t write a better gun
control off it’s this fair I’m not
saying everyone turning all your guns
I’m just saying why not everyone needs
access to these automatic rifles why
does John Doe citizen need a gun that
can shoot 10 to 45 rounds per minute
meanwhile we’re having kids teens and
adults losing their own life because the
government is most likely sitting there
on the couch watching about the
different shootings that have been on
the news offering their thoughts and
prayers but not doing anything success
in life is not about pulling a trigger
but rather taking a positive stand to
move forward [Applause]
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