by Hollye Dexter | Dec 16, 2013 | Brady Campaign, IKAR, Jackson Browne, Justice for Murdered Children, Marcia Cross, Newtown, OFA, Rabbi Aaron Alexander, Rabbi Sharon Brous, Reverend Ed Bacon, Sandy Hook shooting
circle around the moonThe other night I had a beautiful dream — one of those crazy-beautiful dreams that you never want to wake up from. I saw many people walking over a green grassy hill, coming toward me. Just a few at first, and then there were hundreds. They...
by Hollye Dexter | Apr 11, 2013 | Brady Campaign, gun control, Gun reform, gun regulation, gun violence, How to help Newtown, Moms Demand Action, Newtown, Sandy Hook shooting
I know you’re overwhelmed. Bad news is screaming at you every time you turn on the TV or radio. The gun violence stories are frightening and they make you sad… You’ve got a job, and worries, and kids or pets or older parents to take care of and you’re thinking…I feel...
by Hollye Dexter | Dec 19, 2012 | aspergers, assault weapons, ban on assault weapons, gun control, gun regulation, gun violence, mass shootings, mental illness, Sandy Hook shooting
FACTS: FACT: There are more than 58,000 gunshops in this country. There are fewer than 20,000 Starbucks in the whole world. – Kai Rysdall, NPR FACT: The United States has the highest rate of gun ownership in the world — an average of 88 per 100 people. 60...
by Hollye Dexter | Dec 18, 2012 | assault weapons, ban on assault weapons, gun control, gun violence, Sandy Hook shooting, the effects of gun violence, violence against children
In the summer of 1978, my seven-year old brother Christopher was shot in the head by a teenaged neighbor, playing with his father’s gun. Christopher was a first grader, a skinny little tow-headed boy missing his front teeth. I held him, bleeding in my arms, as...