Gun shop update.
The Cease and Desist petition now has over 2000 signatures. There is now a Let her Rip petition, or Open Gun Shop petition with numbers that rival ours.
If we had another empty space perhaps an abortion clinic could attempt to open, thus assuring constant strife on the block.
I gave a brief interview to a TV station.
Jane Winter, who works at the flower
shop next door to the vacant storefront, said NOVA doesn't fit in to the
strip mall that includes a restaurant, hair salon and nail salon.
"People
come here for beauty, they come here for peace, they come here for a
meal," she said. "If you want to open a gun shop, do it elsewhere."
Trust me when I say I look like hell in the clip, like Martha after a year in jail, so no link will be provided.
Meanwhile construction continues and the gun shop owner gave an interview to The Washington Times, a newspaper that has a different slant on things, to the right , to the right....
But life as we know it continues. Proms, weddings, graduations, births and deaths fill our days with flowers.
Weeds grow in my garden, strawberries are eaten, raspberries ripen, cats go in and out, the trellis is back up and the grapevine is reaching for the sky.
I am searching online for a no guns tshirt in xsmall.
If I'm gonna walk the walk I'm going to do it in dubious style.
xo J
Maybe you could bribe the shop owner with ripe strawberries... Happy t-shirt shopping. :)
ReplyDeleteOn God, I don't know if I'm that willing to share....is this bad of me?
DeleteHi Jane - thought you might like this: http://honestlywtf.com/art/flowers-not-guns/
ReplyDeleteGood luck with keeping the neighborhood gun shop free.
Off to check it out now. xo
DeleteWell. I do certainly hope the no-gun-shoppers prevail, but I also have to admit that a petition called "Let her rip" wins a certain admiration from me for its name. I don't suppose a "Don't Shoot!" counter-campaign would be the way to go. No. Disregard that. Bad idea. Good luck!
ReplyDeleteWell, Let Her Rip was my name for it so I'll accept your admiration:-))
DeleteThanks, I guess I'm fighting the good fight.
Oh gosh. So not fun in the slightest.
ReplyDeleteBe more fun if I get the tshirt. You're the shopper, help!
DeleteIck! That's all I can come up with. I'm disgusted.
ReplyDeleteSorry, did you read the article? I feel like I'm spreading a virus around our community. xo
DeleteNo, the link didn't work. All I got was a video of some girl shooting her little gun, yay!
DeleteLove how they squeezed the word 'veteran' in the headline and used a video with a pretty young sharpshooter! Typical Washington Times.
ReplyDeleteContinue on with all the pretty happy things in your life, let them be your fuel for this fight. :) I'll be on t-shirt lookout with you. xo
Thanks Sarah. There are a hell of a lot more pro gun tshirts than not out there.
DeleteSomeone asked me if I was surprised by the article and I honestly was, I never read it, didn't even know it was still being published.
Shudder.
Ick. Seems like there should be some kind of zoning law.
ReplyDeleteTo us Brits (should that be 'we Brits'?) who are still shocked when we spot armed policemen outside the Houses of Parliament, this is just incomprehensible. Good luck with the fight, but somehow I suspect you'll be outnumbered....
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