Shirking Responsibility

   

Let's just all take responsibility for 

   the tragedy 

Do we keep guns in our homes, even 

   in the name of self-defense 

Do we glorify images of gun culture

   in movies & tv shows 

Do we reenact warplay in video games

Do we revere and bow down to those

   who carry guns in the course of their

   daily activities, such as police officers

   or military personnel, but denounce 

   the rights of others to arm themselves

Do we participate in endless debates over

   the lack of gun control laws 

Forbidding firearms will never suffice

   especially when some are given free reign

   to carry and others not

Begrudging compliance soon leads to 

   restless rebellion

Each must make the decision in and of

   ourselves that we will no longer brandish

   weapons

   

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