Give Up Your Guns

Via David

My son's Hebrew name, Chaim, is taken after my great uncle.  He, his wife, and his teenage son were deported from Strausburg, France to a delightful vacation spot called Auschwitz, where all three perished.  I was anti-gun before I started to dig into that side of my family tree, but having found pictures of the both of them, knowing that they met their end mandated by a country - Germany - that was, just decades before, considered one of the most open, free, tolerant, and cosmopolitan societies in Europe where Jews were successful and assimilated... I swore I'd rather be dead fighting than herded like a sheep to the slaughter.  "Never again!" is something I take deathly seriously.

The next time someone tells you that you should surrender your guns for the common good, show them this picture.

And for the record, so that they may never be forgotten, here's a picture of Chaim holding his son, Francis.  (And the girl farther to the right is my mother, his niece.)

David Hunt