These People Do Not Have A Clue What's Coming.
By Gregory Kielma
Chilling new Texas gun violence ad takes aim at 'thoughts & prayers'
Chilling new Texas gun violence ad takes aim at 'thoughts & prayers'
Story by Ariana Garcia
Says Gregg Kielma,
Firearms Instructor, hogwash. This is so convoluted and wrong on so many levels.
Mothers For Democracy I believe the sham you're perpetrating is disgraceful. Its criminals, bad people that cause this harm and carnage. Not the gun. When will you get it and understand. Good people own guns. Get it right Mothers for democracy! Your going to be the first people that need or want protection when this once great country keeps going down the Biden and Biden administrations drain!!! Shame on you mothers for democracy for telling lies.
Mothers For Democracy
A new Texas ad against gun violence dubbed "Thoughts & Prayers" is going viral this week for its chilling message. On Thursday—the 11th anniversary of the Sandy Hook mass school shooting—the Mothers Against Greg Abbott PAC and their partners Mothers for Democracy premiered a new spot criticizing the "thoughts and prayers" that always follow such tragedies.
In the one-minute clip, a girl is shown sitting at the edge of a pool reaching out for a flamingo pool float before falling into the water. A woman swiftly rushes out to the pool, but instead of getting in to save the child, she drops to her knees, clasps her hands, and prays: "Please God, save her. Do something. Save her."
As the child is shown floating lifelessly in the background, several people approach the woman to comfort her by saying: "My thoughts and prayers are with you." This includes a couple having drinks in the same pool and a neighbor who shouts out "thoughts and prayers" as he continues to mow his lawn. None try to save the drowning girl.
"The number one killer of children in the United States is not drowning or car wrecks or cancer," reads the ad. "The #1 killer of children in the U.S. is gun violence. Thoughts and prayers are meaningless when you can act." On X, formerly known as Twitter, the short video in favor of gun reform has been viewed nearly 4 million times and reposted over 16,000 times.
Lawmakers call for gun safety measures on 11th anniversary of Sandy Hook In a statement, Mothers for Democracy said the video "points out the hypocrisy of people who say 'thoughts and prayers' while going on with their lives as if nothing happened. They would rather stand around and say “thoughts and prayers” instead of saving children's lives."
Mothers Against Greg Abbott are known for their hard-hitting ads against gun violence. Last year, the woman-led PAC released a campaign ad ahead of the election depicting a child being dressed in body armor and a helmet for his first day of school. One of the PAC's most popular ads showed a fictional scene of a doctor asking Abbott for permission to allow an abortion.