With apologies to the famous German Lutheran pastor Martin Niemöller, who wrote poignantly about the failure to speak out against the Nazis when there was still time to do so:
First, they came for the assault weapons, and I did not speak out –
Because I did not own any assault weapons.
Then they came for the hunting rifles, and I did not speak out –
Because I did not hunt or own any hunting rifles.
Then they came for the handguns, and I did not speak out –
Because I did not own any handguns and I assumed the police would always protect me and my family.
Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me.
