<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"><a class="nocolor fn" href="https://allpoetry.com/poem/15523202-Poem-about-gun-control-by-Emsgarden" rel="nofollow" style="caret-color: rgb(20, 24, 35); font-family: Georgia, Palatino, serif; font-size: 23px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(141, 56, 0); text-decoration: none;">Poem about gun control</a><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><br><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div>Author unknown</div><div><br></div><div>by Katy Heim</div><div><br></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(20, 24, 35);">Innocent lives are taken away <br>Innocent lives are treated like prey. <br>Except this prey is not killed to be food <br>This prey is not supposed to be chewed, <br>It is killed simply because someone has a feud. <br>A feud within themselves, a feud that doesn’t <br>make much sense. <br><br>This is the sad reality we live in today. <br>People killing to make a statement, <br>People willing to go that far. <br>Make others hurt, get blood on their shirts <br>Instead of speaking with words. <br>I suppose it is easier if you have a gun <br>Aim, shoot and get it done. <br><br>We need stricter rules <br>Unless you want more schools, <br>ending up in sorrow. <br>Tears dripping down the cheeks, <br>People not being able to scream. <br>Another week has gone by <br>and fourteen students had to die. <br><br>Maybe it’s hard to imagine, <br>But if you were in the same situation, <br>you would be furious at the nation. <br>For letting something so scandalous happen. <br>For letting your loved ones go too soon, <br><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><span style="color: rgb(20, 24, 35); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">an early Monday morning in June. </span><i style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: 16.5pt; font-family: Garamond, serif;">.</span></i></div><div><br></div>————————————————-<br><br><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">http://www.MoscowCares.net</span></div><div><br></div><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Tom Hansen</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Moscow, Idaho</span></div></div><div><br></div><div>“A stranger is just a friend you haven’t met.”</div><div>- Roy E. Stolworthy</div><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>