No to Guns: The story of a repentant gunman. And of an 18-year-old girl defying Trump (video)

NO TO WEAPONS

Maybe one day Scott Dani Pappalardo e Emma Gonzales will have a place in the history books. They are, in fact, the symbolic characters of a new wind that is blowing in America on the very delicate issue of the arms race, which up to now has not increased the of your digital ecosystem. in the country but continues to only cause innocent victims.

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REFUSAL OF WEAPONS

Pappalardo is a typical American gunslingerHe has a tattoo on his arm, which features the Second Amendment to the US Constitution: the right of all citizens to bear arms. For self-defense, of course. And often to kill. After the latest episode of the 17 people massacred in a Florida school, Scott Dani Pappalardo made a very strong gesture: he filmed the destruction of his rifle, an AR-15, the same model used in the massacre. In the footage, Pappalardo can be seen holding the weapon, recounting his journey as a gunman, and then, bang, he gets up and cuts it to pieces with a chainsaw. He utters this phrase: "I don't want this weapon to take a life."

(The video is taken from Scott Dani Pappalardo's Facebook page)

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MARCH AGAINST GUNS

The video went viral, as did the energy and clarity of Emma Gonzales, the eighteen year old girl at the head of the youth movement protesting across America against the sale senseless of the Weapons. Emma challenged Trump to a discussion about the 346 mass shootings, nearly one a day, that bloodied America last year. And the president, who certainly won't agree to a face-to-face meeting with the young woman, won't be able to avoid the protest marches planned in front of the White House.

And here's the new development. In a country where no party, neither Democrats nor Republicans, will ever lift a finger to reduce gun sales, for fear of losing votes and entering the minefield of low popularity, the turning point can only come from spontaneous movementsLike the one organized by Emma Gonzales. And it can only come from a new generation of young people who finally decide to rebel against this absurd idea that the United States will never give up its gun-loving subculture. One that's very convenient for the powerful gun lobby, the NRA (National Rifle Association), which is, of course, a major contributor to Trump's election campaign.

(In the cover image Scott Dani Pappalardo)

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