Consultant Jared Golden of Maine who represents Lewiston requested for forgiveness whereas giving remarks which might be what we deserve to listen to from each lawmaker who has opposed the banning of lethal weapons of warfare. He mentioned, “The time has come for me to take accountability for this failure, which is why I now name on the US Congress to ban assault rifles.”
Golden mentioned: “I’ve opposed efforts to ban lethal weapons of warfare just like the assault rifle he used to hold out this crime. The time has now come for me to take accountability for this failure. Which is why I now name on the US Congress to ban assault rifles…. To the individuals of Lewiston, my constituents all through the second district, to the households who misplaced family members, and to those that have been harmed, I say sorry and help as I search to forestall these horrible shootings.”
Golden: I’ve opposed efforts to ban lethal weapons of warfare just like the assault rifle he used to hold out this crime. The time has now come for me to take accountability for this failure. Which is why I now name on the US congress to ban assault rifles pic.twitter.com/0k60XJQoaB
— Acyn (@Acyn) October 26, 2023
Whereas it’s greater than honest to ask why it solely hit house for Golden when it occurred in his hometown the place he was born and which he represents. His assertion additionally represents the closest private accountability we have now heard from any lawmaker.
To have honor and integrity, an individual should come clean with their errors and their wrongs. When your errors price 18 individuals their lives, as Golden’s have, that burden is heavy.
Golden’s district was gained by Trump in 2020, and this might need some bearing on why he sounds as if he doesn’t have lengthy left in Congress after calling for an assault rifle ban. If that’s the case, his braveness in placing life forward of his profession must be emulated.
The place are the opposite blood-soaked NRA-bought lawmakers with their apologies? The place are the statements of culpability and recognition that morally, they’ve failed each little one and grownup on this nation and people visiting it, too?
Golden’s remorse is the sound of humanity, and whereas it’s means too late, additionally it is a lot wanted and due to this fact, welcomed. Lawmakers have the ability to cease these mass shootings. Sure, individuals can argue that they will’t cease them altogether, however that’s turn out to be a fallacious argument meant to keep away from all accountability. So to place it one other means: If they might cease even one mass taking pictures by performing on behalf of human life as an alternative of company {dollars}, that will be price it.
The time to behave is now. We don’t have to reside like this.
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