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(via #BoycottNRA) As #BoycottNRA and the #NeverAgain moment help to turn corporate sponsors and public opinion away from the NRA and towards sensible gun control legislation, this impotent AR-15 serves as a sign of hope that change is finally coming. #GunControlNow

With all the ugliness coming from the Trump administration, here’s a reminder that while America has not lived up to its ideals, we still have ideals that we are supposed to be striving for. One of these ideals is embodied in the plaque mounted on the Statue of Liberty, proclaiming:

“Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!”

The same, in Spanish:

“Dadme tus cansados, tus pobres,
Tus masas amontonadas gimiendo por respirar libres,
Los despreciados de tus congestionadas costas.
Enviadme a estos, los desposeidos, basura de la tempestad.
Levanto mi lámpara al lado de la puerta dorada!”

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