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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhite House Releases Letters From Kids Pleading For Pres. Obama To Act On Guns
In letters, children ask President Obama to change gun lawsThe White House today released letters from little kids pleading for gun control, just hours before President Obama is to release a comprehensive proposal to limit guns and ammunition. The letters were released to the Associated Press . . .
"It's a free country but I recommend there needs (to) be a limit with guns," Grant (an 8-year-old from Maryland) wrote in a letter dated Dec. 17. "Please don't let people own machine guns or other powerful guns like that."
"I am writing to ask you to STOP gun violence," wrote Tajeah, a 10-year-old from Georgia. "I am very sad about the children who lost their lives. So, I thought I would write to you to STOP gun violence."
Eleven-year-old Julia, who lives in the District of Columbia and dotted the "I'' in her name with a heart, wrote that she has four brothers and sisters and "I know I would not be able to bear the thought of losing any of them." She said it should be "very hard" for people to buy guns and closed by acknowledging that Obama can't do it alone.
"I know that laws have to be passed by Congress but I beg you to try very hard to make guns not allowed. Not just for me, but for the whole United States," Julia wrote, signing the letter with "my love and regrets." She will also be at the White House on Wednesday.
read: http://www.journalnow.com/news/nation_world/article_9213d336-5fe9-11e2-8a47-001a4bcf6878.html
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White House Releases Letters From Kids Pleading For Pres. Obama To Act On Guns (Original Post)
bigtree
Jan 2013
OP
JaneyVee
(19,877 posts)1. K&R! Parents of Newtown will also be present in the audience.
. . . watching from around the nation will' be there' with them, as well.
B2G
(9,766 posts)2. Grant writes very advanced for his age n/t
bigtree
(86,005 posts)3. haven't seen the actual letter, but his vocabulary level looks to be about what I'd expect at 8
. . . 'machine gun' and powerful' would seem to be words that he could easily fathom.
How can anyone be surprised at how aware and literate this generation is? Their ability to connect at an instant with definitions, context, description, and color is just leaping out at them from their computers and other gadgets. Notice that he had one telling typo, tho . . . smart kid. He'll look back at this letter as an inspiration, no doubt.
Scurrilous
(38,687 posts)5. K & R
bigtree
(86,005 posts)6. President:
"Julia, I will try very hard."