Last Saturday was the 2nd Women's March in many places, including my small Colorado city. As with last year, it was estimated that about 2000 would show up, and the number of marchers were closer to 5,000! It was a beautiful day. My friend and I marched together with our husbands last year. Our husbands were unable to march this year, but my friend and I marched together again. As a pacifist, the one important issue to me in any election is intelligent gun control. That issue has become even more urgent to me, and to my friend, as she lost a son to gun violence in the past year.
As with last year, I posted a selfie in my pink knit March hat on Sktchy, and I was again sketched by some of the amazing artists there! In the image above, the first 8 (from the left, to right) sketches are from last year, and the last four were done this year. I normally hate pictures and images of myself, but these represent to me support for my beliefs, and for my determination to stand up to the violence and lack of intelligence in our country currently.
(A bit of a rant here:) I heard a newscaster interview a 'leader' last night after yet another school shooting. The interviewer asked what we can do to stop these events from happening. The 'leader' said, "We just don't know, but we will be looking into it." Why not look at every other country that does NOT have this problem? What DO they have? Intelligent gun control laws. What do they NOT have (besides almost monthly mass shootings?) An NRA that uses money to control the governing 'leaders.'
Just saying.
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