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“A man is killed outside a bar.
A child is shot in her mother’s car.”
Some of us wake up in a rage
with others anxious to turn the page.
A child shot while her parent drives?
The Reverend says, “It’s about saving lives.”
Maybe it’s drugs or another gang
but a life’s snuffed out with just a bang.
This epidemic is out of control.
How do we keep our communities whole?
Too many guns and in the wrong hands.
We need solutions the problem demands
to ensure the new generation thrives.
The Reverend says, “It’s about saving lives.”
The gun rights folks are less than enthused
“Why, any weapon could be used.
It’s not fair singling out the gun.
Don’t you know how the West was won?
You’re attacking our God-given right
to defend ourselves when in a fight.
A killer could use some rocks or knives.”
The Reverend says, “It’s about saving lives.”
We’re hoping that the answer arrives
before losing more children, husbands and wives
and that every neighborhood survives.
The Reverend says, “It’s about saving lives.”