“America is adrift on a sea of preventable misery caused by gunfire. It is the poisoned water that surrounds all of us. Though occasionally tossed by the wave of a mass shooting, the Sirens of the gun lobby sing in our ears, ‘There’s nothing you can do’ as the faces of thousands of gunshot victims float past our gaze without a ripple. Enough. We must shake ourselves out of this national trance of resignation to slaughter. Next year’s children stand on the shore, and the tide is coming in.” – Former Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence staffer Doug Pennington (currently at The Constitutional Accountability Center) in ‘What Will It Take to Get Americans to Care About Our Shooting Epidemic?’ [via politico.com]