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Re: Christopher williams and family needs justice -- Nancy Sullivan (sorrow), 17:41:03 04/03/13 Wed [1]
>Tiara, I can't know or feel what you have gone through and what you are experiencing now, but my heart goes out to you and the two families. My father died an old man in his bed, not shot down in an act of violence. I have to remind myself that many others are not so fortunate.
We need to keep pushing our elected representatives to do the right thing and get these guns off the streets. Right now the NRA controls even the gun makers and is fighting against all that is decent and that makes our lives safer.
Please channel your anger and frustration and grief against the person who murdered Christopher, but also against those who say that it is our "right" to carry guns. They bear a heavy responsibility for the death toll in our city.
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Gun Violence - letter to Senator Portman -- Jim Myres, OFS, 07:44:16 02/02/13 Sat [1]
January 29, 2013
Senator Rob Portman
Washington, D.C.
Senator Portman,
It is not easy to relate to over 30,000 U.S. gun related deaths in 2012. I sincerely hope you can see the humanity of Christopher Williams, 24 years old, the first Cincinnati gun death of 2013 and Terrence James Lee Womack, a 16 year old and 11th grader at Dohn Community High School in Cincinnati that was shot down in Cincinnati just the other day. These are two kids that will never be able to vote for or against you.
You can do something to prevent gun violence, even if it is symbolic by voting to ban assault weapons and large capacity magazines. Please at least consider this as a positive first step to save our children.
The last time I wrote to you about assault weapons was because my son is a police man and these weapons are a real and direct threat to him. I am still waiting for a reply. I know I am just one vote, but I have 8 children and 9 grand children and I am a member of a Franciscan religious order. I do talk to people about this.
Jim Myres
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Re: Gun Violence - letter to Senator Portman -- Jim Myres, OFS (Congressman Brad Wenstrup), 06:04:34 02/13/13 Wed [1]
I sent a similar letter to Congressman Brad Wenstrup. I did receive a response (not a reply) dated 2-5-13.
This was a pathetic response on his or his staff’s part. As a new Congressman I would expect a more personal reply to a constituent, not just the “party line.”
The entire response can be summed up in one line, “...I do not believe the actions of a few disturbed individuals should drive us to infringe on the liberty of all Americans.”
I don’t know about you, but, some gun owner infringed on the liberty of Christopher Williams and Terrence Womack and their families.
Jim Myres
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>January 29, 2013
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>Senator Rob Portman
>Washington, D.C.
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>Senator Portman,
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>It is not easy to relate to over 30,000 U.S. gun
>related deaths in 2012. I sincerely hope you can see
>the humanity of Christopher Williams, 24 years old,
>the first Cincinnati gun death of 2013 and Terrence
>James Lee Womack, a 16 year old and 11th grader at
>Dohn Community High School in Cincinnati that was shot
>down in Cincinnati just the other day. These are two
>kids that will never be able to vote for or against
>you.
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>You can do something to prevent gun violence, even if
>it is symbolic by voting to ban assault weapons and
>large capacity magazines. Please at least consider
>this as a positive first step to save our children.
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>The last time I wrote to you about assault weapons was
>because my son is a police man and these weapons are a
>real and direct threat to him. I am still waiting for
>a reply. I know I am just one vote, but I have 8
>children and 9 grand children and I am a member of a
>Franciscan religious order. I do talk to people about
>this.
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>Jim Myres
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We are all in this together! -- Sad2, 19:30:34 04/29/12 Sun [1]
I am very happy and thankful to see that there is an organization such as Who Killed Our Kids to help solve murder crimes and help the families to have some closure. However, I don't see how it can be true closure without forgiveness towards those that are truly repentant of their crime, being part of the process, (and I think the way to know that they are repentant isn't by words, but by a person's behavior after the crime and their willingness to admit they did a terrible wrong & work towards a plan to help stop these types of crimes, whatever that may involve, like maybe talking to younger kids about what could happen to them if they take a life) I believe that not only would that help the family of the victim to be able to go on in peace but that it would help the community as well. I think that both the victim's families and the person that committed the crime need to work together to get to the bottom of what can be done to help turn such behavior around for the future generations. I think it's great that this organization was started but I also think there is still much more work that needs to be done! It has to start somewhere and remember that we all have to answer to God in the end or do u really think he will say it's ok to have harbored unforgiveness in your hearts and prevented a possible solution or at least some help for the terrible situation that's in front of us all? No one wins here. It's time we do more.
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Re: We are all in this together! -- Who Killed Our Kids (Happy & Sad Mother), 08:09:22 07/27/12 Fri [1]
>I am very happy and thankful to see that there is an
>organization such as Who Killed Our Kids to help solve
>murder crimes and help the families to have some
>closure. However, I don't see how it can be true
>closure without forgiveness towards those that are
>truly repentant of their crime, being part of the
>process, (and I think the way to know that they are
>repentant isn't by words, but by a person's behavior
>after the crime and their willingness to admit they
>did a terrible wrong & work towards a plan to help
>stop these types of crimes, whatever that may involve,
>like maybe talking to younger kids about what could
>happen to them if they take a life) I believe that not
>only would that help the family of the victim to be
>able to go on in peace but that it would help the
>community as well. I think that both the victim's
>families and the person that committed the crime need
>to work together to get to the bottom of what can be
>done to help turn such behavior around for the future
>generations. I think it's great that this organization
>was started but I also think there is still much more
>work that needs to be done! It has to start somewhere
>and remember that we all have to answer to God in the
>end or do u really think he will say it's ok to have
>harbored unforgiveness in your hearts and prevented a
>possible solution or at least some help for the
>terrible situation that's in front of us all? No one
>wins here. It's time we do more.
Thank you for your support of WKOK. And yes you are right there is still alot of work that needs to be done. Also there is no such thing as true closer because we will never have our loveone back but we will have peace & justice along the way to forgiveness. And forgiveness come's with time. And yes we as mother's go out into the streets , prisons, church's & community centers and speak to the youth & the older guys about how it impacted us to lose our sons or daughters to gun violence & to let them know this is what happen when you chose violence instead of peace.
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Stop The Violence Rally -- The Mgm't, 02:56:16 06/26/09 Fri [1]
Saturday, 6/27, from 3-6 p.m. at Washington Park in Over-The-Rhine (across from Music Hall). Stand united against violence in our city. There will be guest speakers, entertainment and a memorial balloon release.
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Welcome -- The Mgm't, 01:55:41 06/26/09 Fri [1]
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