Well, another beautiful morning here in the Aegean region of Turkey, and I am enjoying my valenciano breakfast, our traditional bread with tomatoes (which isn’t that simple to prepare). As I look out over the sea and to the mountains beyond I think of how peaceful and safe we live in this part of the world.
And as I listen to an interview with someone on the tele talking about gun violence…
I realise that in the United States is where it is all occurring. The availability of guns, and I’m not talking about a hunting rifle, but of military assault rifles, is an atrocity. In my opinion, for a civilian to own a gun they must go through the same steps that police officers go through to be allowed to carry a weapon.
The people deserve to live in peace and safety. Children should not have to fear someone coming to their school and killing them. People should attend parades and public festivities without thinking that someone with a gun might be wanting to shoot them all down. It’s common sense. In all civilised countries on earth there are severe and restrictive gun laws. Why? Because guns do not belong in the possession of civilians.
We had a wonderful public concert here in our town last night. There were lots of people. The whole town and visitors enjoyed a night of music and lights. No one got hurt, no one felt fear. No one was threatened. I’ve been to similar festivities in Miami during my time there and I can tell you that it always ended in violence and someone got shot.
It’s time to put a stop to gun violence in the US and the only way to do it is to stop selling guns and only allow those qualified people to own them, after extensive background checks and training and a license which should be very expensive to purchase.
Now back to my pa amb tomàquet…
Cheers…
JaZzArt en València 
Agreed!
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Great! Thank you! All the best!
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Ah, I haven’t had pà amb tomaquet since I lived in Catalunya! And I agree with your sentiments on gun ownership. Absolute madness!
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Yes, they eat it in Catalunya also as we do here in València. It is madness and irracional, illogical and dangerous. I was a law enforcement officer in Florida, and I had to qualify, train and pass a test to be able to carry a firearm on duty! Why should not civilians do the same? Cheers and all the best.
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Que delica de desayuno, Francisco.
Un abrazo.
Elvira
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Mi desayuno favorito Elvira, gracias, un abrazo y feliz domingo!
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Es una delicia. Gracias Francisco.
Otro abrazo feliz semana.
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Gracias a ti Elvira, igual, una semana feliz.
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Una semana feliz, gracias Francisco.
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So so lively and Brightening ,like a Sunday Morning 🌺🌸❤️
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Absolutely!
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as someone living in the states, i could not agree more. beautiful breakfast
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Bon appetite! And thank you Beth. I am sure that most people living in the US agree with you but the politicians of the right wing of the Republicans want to impose this gun culture on everyone!
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yes, spot on
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😊👍😊
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The freedom to bear arms or freedom to walk the streets in peace? I know which I would choose
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It’s a no-brainer, no?
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If we live on a remote farm, guns maybe…in places with people everywhere, it makes no sense to allow ownership of guns, from pure hazzard and associated risk.
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That is true, alone in the wilderness one needs perhaps such weapons to protect life and home, but assault weapons in the hands of untrained, uneducated and unqualified 18 year old children in the streets of cities, that is uncivilised.
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Absolutely
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Well stated, Francisco. You can carry a weapon but you have no control over your own body.
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Ironic, no?
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I agree with you wholeheartedly.
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I thank you Janet. I thought you would. All the best! And, did you get my reply from your last post on presidential succession?
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