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Another Tragedy
In a small central Californian town
On a summer afternoon in July,
A tragedy occurred, which forces
All of us to ask ourselves, "WHY?"
A three-year-old child, who with her mother
Was visiting family friends, is dead.
The girl, playing with a gun that she'd found,
Put a bullet through her head.
What a tragedy waiting to happen!
The gun was NOT equipped with a lock!
It lay in a bedroom somewhere, loaded.
What would it say if it could talk?
"I have bullets and I have a trigger;
I'll share the blame for the suffering you see here.
But you made me; not I you.
If it weren't for you, I wouldn't be here."
The gun was registered to a friend
Of one of the women living there.
Of all involved, who'll be held
Responsible for this sad affair?
How can such a tragedy happen?
Your guess is as good as anyone's.
We do know one thing: there are people
Who should not be in possession of guns.
(7-7-16)
On a summer afternoon in July,
A tragedy occurred, which forces
All of us to ask ourselves, "WHY?"
A three-year-old child, who with her mother
Was visiting family friends, is dead.
The girl, playing with a gun that she'd found,
Put a bullet through her head.
What a tragedy waiting to happen!
The gun was NOT equipped with a lock!
It lay in a bedroom somewhere, loaded.
What would it say if it could talk?
"I have bullets and I have a trigger;
I'll share the blame for the suffering you see here.
But you made me; not I you.
If it weren't for you, I wouldn't be here."
The gun was registered to a friend
Of one of the women living there.
Of all involved, who'll be held
Responsible for this sad affair?
How can such a tragedy happen?
Your guess is as good as anyone's.
We do know one thing: there are people
Who should not be in possession of guns.
(7-7-16)
