HOME
adverb
16.
to, toward, or at home: to go home.
17.
deep; to the heart:
“The truth of the accusation
struck home.”
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BELOW IS THE
GUN
OWNED
BY THE 29 YEAR OLD
NEIGHBORHOOD
WATCH
VOLUNTEER
NAMED
GEORGE
WHICH
KILLED
THE UNARMED
17 YEAR OLD BOY
NAMED
TRAYVON
IN THE EVENING OF
26 FEBRUARY 2012
IN FLORIDA
-AN
AMERICAN CITY
IN THIS AMERICAN STORY OF GUN VIOLENCE,
THE BOY WAS WEARING BLACK SKIN.
THE BOY WAS WEARING A HOODIE.
THE BOY WAS WALKING ON A STREET.
THE BOY WAS RETURNING TO A HOME
FROM A CONVENIENCE STORE.
THE BOY WAS CARRYING HIS PURCHASES:
CANDY + TEA.
THE BOY NEVER CAME HOME.
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THE CHILD WAS KILLED
IN THIS CASE
BY
THE
ARMED
NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH VOLUNTEER
ON A RAINY EVENING
IN A CITY, A NEIGHBORHOOD
THE BOY’S FATHER CALLED
HOME.
THE
NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH VOLUNTEER
DID NOT WATCH FOR THE BOY’S SAFETY
IN RETURNING HOME.
HE KILLED THE BOY.
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IN THIS AMERICAN STORY
OF GUN VIOLENCE,
ONE BULLET
THROUGH
THE
HEART
KILLED
ONE
YOUTH’S
LIFE,
STOLE AN AMERICAN LIFE + FUTURE STORY,
DEVASTATED A FAMILY,
REVEALED WHAT/WHOSE
“STAND YOUR GROUND”
LAWS
PROTECT
AND/OR
ARE FOR
AND
“PROFILED”
THE HORRIFIC/HEARTBREAKING
STORIES
OF
GUN VIOLENCE
AMERICA, HOME, HOME ON THE RANGE
WITHOUT
ROY ROGERS/GENE AUTRY
” THE WILD WEST COWBOYS”
TO THE WORLD.
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THIS KILLER
WAS
ACQUITTED.
+
THIS KILLER
HAS HIS
GUN
BACK.
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WHEN ARE AMERICANS
GOING TO
STOP
USING
GUNS + GUN LAWS
TO
OVER POWER
THEIR
OWN
INTERNAL
FEARS?
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FEAR/WATCH
WATCH/FEAR
+
CHILDREN + ADULTS
ARE
DEAR
LIVES
NOT
TARGET PRACTICE.
+
NO MATTER
IF THEY ARE
YOUR
FEAR:
WEARING
BLACK, BROWN
AND/OR
WHITE
SKIN.
THEY ARE DEAR.
RIGHT?
RIGHT?
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HOME,HOME
ON THE RANGE….
RIGHT?
RIGHT?
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HOME,
HOME
ON
THE
RANGE
WHERE…
AND
… WHERE
CHILDREN
CAN OR CANNOT
PLAY….
AND
ARE OR ARE NOT
A SPORT
FOR SOMEONE’S
BIAS/FEAR.
ROY ROGERS + GENE AUTRY
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I DO NOT WANT VOLUNTEER KILLINGS IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD
–THE GROUND/HOME I STAND ON, WALK ON, PLAY ON, BREATHE UPON.
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HOME
adverb
16.
to, toward, or at home: to go home.
17.
deep; to the heart:
The truth of the accusation
struck
home.
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TEACH YOUR CHILDREN WELL
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
THANK YOU TO MICHELE JANSEN,
STATION MANAGER OF KBEM.
CATHERINE L. JOHNSON 