We Are Not The Land Of The Free

Books By Patti Liszkay
​Availlable On Amazon

​"Equal and Opposite Reactions" http://amzn.to/2xvcgRa
and the sequel, "Hail Mary" https://www.amzn.com/1684334888
​Available on Amazon.

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​WE ARE NOT THE LAND OF THE FREE

        We do not live in the land of the free. Of this we are reminded on a regular basis. We are reminded, lest we forget, that we are not free anywhere in this country, from sea to shining sea, to go to the movies, to go shopping, to go to work, to go to a concert, to go to a place of  worship, to go to any public place at all without fear of being  shot or killed in a random mass shooting.
       We live in mortal fear for our children and grandchildren, knowing that they could leave for school one morning and never again come home to us because, for all the safety precautions, school guards and fortifications in place in American schools these days, any sick kid with an assault rifle can still get into any school and kill or maim a dozen or more children and teachers and leave the rest grieving and emotionally scarred.     

​     The images leave us all grieving and emotionally scarred. And angry. And even more in the tyrannical grip of fear for ourselves and our children.
        Living in chronic fear and grieving...That's no way to live. And it's not freedom. It's living in a no-man's-land where the angriest, most dangerously deranged teen-aged boy or man can easily procure an assault rifle or two or ten. It's living in a place awash in guns,

...and tears,

...and the blood of men, women, and children. It's living in madness. 
          It's living in my country, the United States of America.