A Murdered Child

I have a life as a LIFECOACH and teacher of LIFECOACHES.

But I have made time for another life as well.

I help raise money to keep handguns off the street.

I am not a victim of gun violence.

It is simply one of my core beliefs.

I believe that everyone has the right to own a handgun to keep for protection.

However, I believe these weapons should be kept away from children or strict consequences will result.

Recently, I spoke on the phone with a woman who shares my passion for common sense gun legislation.

She has a greater reason than most of us.

Her beautiful 20 year old daughter was murdered by a handgun.

Don't believe that handguns should be more tightly regulated?

You say that we need less government, rather than more.

Try telling that to this tortured soul who must go to sleep every night with the picture of her daughter being shot down in her mind.

A daughter who was studying psychology in college, but now will never graduate.

A daughter who will never invite her parents to her wedding.

A daughter who will never see the joy on her mother's face when she holds a grandchild.

All of that shattered in an instant by the explosion of a 9mm handgun which stilled her life forever.

On the floor of the Senate, a bill was just introduced which calls for stopping the gun show loophole.

All guns sold in America are regulated by a background check.

That is unless the firearm is purchased at a gun show.

These guns can be purchased and the new owner can avoid the background check.

This is how the killers at a Colorado high school obtained three of the four firearms they used on that bloody day 10 years ago.

As I wrote earlier, there is nothing quite like speaking with a parent who has lost their child.

No parent wants to outlive their children.

No parent wants to ever get this horrific call.

YOUR CHILD IS IN THE MORGUE.

I have spoken to thousands of people about the weakness of common sense gun legislation.

In our great country, we are the 4th largest in the world in the number of deaths from handguns.

If you want to save lives, you can do something about it.

Go on the Internet and search for information about Senator Lautenberg's (NJ) proposed legislation in the Senate.

Write to your Senators and congressional Representatives about how important the passage of closing the gun show loophole is.

You don't have to speak with a shattered mom who will never have the joy of seeing her daughter smile again, to take action.

Do it for her and all of the moms and dads who have had their lives changed forever.

Do it for a country who knows better.

Most of all, do it for yourself.

It will be one of those times in life when you can really feel you did good.

The end of the gun show loophole will save lives!

Become part of such a day in American history.

It will be too late to help this mom.

Yet, I feel certain she will be pleased all the same.

Because the day this legislation passes, America becomes a safer place to live.

And more parents will be able to share Mother's Day and Father's Day with their sons and daughters and grandchildren and not replaying the nightmare of their murder.

What we give to others comes back to us.

This is a gift we all should consider giving.

I hope you do.