Purrs 4 Peace Week 23-Lay down the guns

Nonviolence means avoiding not only external physical violence but also internal violence of spirit. You not only refuse to shoot a man, but you refuse to hate him. ~Martin Luther King, Jr.

Studies have shown that homicide and suicide rates tend to be related to firearm ownership levels. The gun ownership per capita in the U.S. exceeds that of other industrialized nations and our homicide and suicide rates reflect it.

According to the American Bar Association’s Special Committee on Gun Violence:

“The rate of death from firearms in the United States is eight times higher than that in its economic counterparts in other parts of the world.” Moreover

“The overall firearm-related death rate among U.S. children younger than 15 years of age is nearly 12 times higher than among children in 25 other industrialized countries combined.”

I know some will shout “Second Amendment” gives them the Constitutional right to bear arms. But I prefer to remember the Declaration of Independence and its recognition that there are certain unalienable rights: life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. I think the right to life trumps the right to bear arms.

Wake up humans. Guns solve nothing.

Nonviolence doesn't always work - but violence never does. ~Madge Micheels-Cyrus

2:59 p.m. Get ready to Purrrrrrrr.

SET.

3:00 P.M.

Confucius Cat say: GO!

Purrrrr, purrrr, purrrrr, purrrrr, purrrr, purrrr, purrrrr, purrrr, purrrrr, purrrr, purrrrr, purrrrr, purrrr, purrrr, purrrrr, purrrr, purrrrr, purrrr, purrrrr, purrrrr, purrrr, purrrr, purrrrr, purrrr,. Purrrrr,purrrrrr.....

Love, peace, light is in you and spreading outward into the world....

Purrrrr, purrrr, purrrrr, purrrrr, purrrr, purrrr, purrrrr, purrrr, purrrrr, purrrr, purrrrr, purrrrr, ppurrrrinnnnnnnggggggg.

Where there is fear, let it be turned to compassion. Where there is ignorance, let it be turned to understanding.

Purrrr, purrrr, purrrrr, purrrr, purrrrr, purrrr, purrrrr, purrrrr, purrrr, purrrr, purrrrr, purrrr, purrrrr, purrrr, purrrrr, purrrrr, purrrr, purrrr, purrrrr,

Those who hate, turn to love. Those who have guns...lay down those guns.

Purrrrr, purrrr, purrrrr, purrrrr, purrrr, purrrr, purrrrr, purrrr, purrrrr, purrrr, purrrrr, purrrrr....

Imagine the news headline: no one in the world died from gun violence today.

Purrrrrrrrrrrrrrr..................

Peace * Paix * Frieden * Vrede * Pace * Paz * Shalom * Salaam * Om Shanti * Heddwch * Síochán

Purrs 4 Peace Week 23- Guns Solve Nothing

“We shall find peace. We shall hear angels. We shall see the sky sparkling with diamonds.” - Anton Chekov

13 dead and at least 30 were injured in the gun massacre carried out at Fort Hood, Texas on November 5, 2009. The real toll is much higher. How many total lives were changed forever is difficult to calculate. Certainly, each of those killed had family and friends left devastated by their loss. Every year thousands more are effected by gun violence in the U.S.

This week we purr for an to this senseless destructiveness.

Week 23 of Purrs 4 Peace details are as follows:

• Week twenty-three’s appointed time is Sunday, November 15, 2009.
• Participants should purr for three minutes commencing at 3 p.m. EST (U.S.) which is 8:00 p.m. (20:00 hrs.) BST in the U.K.
• The cat’s human staff should assist their cats with the project by stroking and nuzzling the cat at the appointed time.
• Please post your cat name and the country you purr in at www.confuciuscat.blogspot.com as a COMMENT if you are participating in this historic project. (posting a link to your own website-if you have one-is encouraged.) Or let me know by message on twitter or facebook.
• Posting purrs on facebook ( Acolytes of Confucius Cat or as friend to Alley Mason) and twitter (@ConfuciusCat) is encouraged, since it inspires purring in others, but not required. On twitter please use #purrs4peace in your tweets.

Let us purr to bring love where there is hate, compassion where there is fear, and understanding where there is ignorance. Let us purr for peace.

Peace * Paix * Frieden * Vrede * Pace * Paz * Shalom * Salaam * Om Shanti * Heddwch * Siochan