Saturday, April 6, 2013

Decades after girl was shot, family unwavering in support of gun rights

 The Orlando Sentinel

Evie Hagan was 4 years old when she was accidentally shot in the neck by her brother, who had found a gun tucked in a kitchen cabinet at their Orlando home.

Today Evie is 28 and remains partially paralyzed on the right side of her body. She needs a ventilator to breathe when she sleeps. 

That June day in 1989, when Betty and David Hagan went to church and left their two youngest children home with a teenage sister, has faded into a haze.

The Hagans, though, are crystal clear about where they stand on gun control.


"We haven't changed our minds in the last 25 years," said David Hagan. "We really stick up for people who have guns. I think we as Americans do not need to give up our guns."

I find it hard to believe that anyone who's been through that would continue to oppose safe storage laws.  I would imagine most families of victims of gun violence lean toward the gun-control side of the argument.  That's why the gun-rights movement is doomed to failure - eventually.

What do you think?  Please leave a comment.

4 comments:

  1. Ah, yes. We're doomed to failure because you have a hard time believing facts.

    And you say we have mental issues.

    Plus, you're channeling your inner E.N. with the "We will bury you" posts.

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  2. Mikeb said, "I would imagine most families of victims of gun violence lean toward the gun-control side of the argument."

    Thankfully, not everyone thinks like you. Some people understand that accidents happen in all types of circumstances and they have much more common sense than those like you who are running on empty.

    orlin sellers

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  3. Keep imagining, Mikeb. You will achieve just as much as Johnny Lennon did--which is to say, nothing.

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