To: President Donald Trump, The South Carolina State House, The South Carolina State Senate, Governor Henry McMaster, The United States House of Representatives, and The United States Senate
Stop the Violence Now!
STOP THE VIOLENCE NOW - A mother's petition to end shameless news promotion of violence, to end violence in video games for children and youth, and to get guns out of their hands!
Why is this important?
I am a mother of two young boys and here is my thought, after having given this a great deal of thought, IT IS UP TO US TO DO SOMETHING NOW. This country has changed, there was a time when the common good of our people was put first, when careful thought was given to what a child or teen was viewing or holding in their sweet, innocent hands. Now, the good of profit and greed are our guiding principles and have been for a long time- that's what has changed.
No longer do people care about what a child might be playing with or seeing on television, much less that interviewing children who just went through the most horrific experience of their lives was going through- but hey, they needed their ratings, right? I grew up watching The Brady Bunch, Little House on the Prairie and The Waltons and Walter Cronkite. The news was informative and always had a good story to lift your heart.
So, here are my promises and my pleas:
The games, which we have almost none of anyway, they are gone and never to return. I will not spend one penny on violence! Video and game companies- FIX THIS!
The news, if you continue to sensationalize violence....I'm done watching, not that I watch much as you lost me a long time ago! CNN, NBC,CBS, FOX, ABC - STOP THIS, NOW!
Corporate America- CARE!
Gun owners - consider turning them in or simply locking them away until your life is in danger - why else would use them?
NRA, gun control wary folks- WAKE UP and DO SOMETHING.
Congress - GET A BACKBONE, CHANGE THIS - PLEASE.
President Obama - WE NEED YOU TO LEAD THE WAY, PLEASE!
IT IS UP TO US TO DO SOMETHING NOW!