But they sound catchy, and often, catchy is all it takes. It's appealing, but it doesn't stick in the mind. I noticed that many speakers at the march and the Second Amendment Sisters' counter-rally had been directly affected by gun violence, as either beneficiaries or victims of guns. Gun problems will not be solved until those who have escaped the terror of gun violence get involved, too. There were men in that crowd, but frankly, there weren't a lot.
Men are, as a fact of biology, more aggressive and prone to violence than women.
I'm just afraid we can't enlist enough. Although I have been a feminist since before I knew the word, I understand that men still hold the reins of power in this country. In the 106th Congress, nine of 50 Senators and 56 of 435 Representatives are women. That's 18 percent of the Senate and about 13 percent of the House. Twenty-six states currently have no women in Congress, and six have never sent a woman to Washington.