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Sorry to hear that, not many real American heroes left in this world. We need some more good folks to look up to.
Just got word that astronaut John Glenn is dead at age 95. Sad.
After Robert Kennedy's assassination in 1968, Mr. Glenn headed a bipartisan lobbying group called the Emergency Committee for Gun Control. President Lyndon B. Johnson later signed the Gun Control Act of 1968, placing some restrictions on firearms.
Pro–gun control advocates mobilized and constructed an effective pro–gun control pressure group called the Emergency Committee for Gun Control. The bipartisan organization was headed by Colonel John H. Glenn, Jr., a former astronaut and friend of Senator Robert Kennedy.
That's a very good point Ray. I didn't realize that.
Don't get me wrong, Glenn's still an American hero in my eyes for his participation in the space program. All those high-altitude balloon/X-15/Mercury/Gemini/Apollo guys were. Talk about "rolling the dice!"
But now I'm sorely disappointed to hear that Glenn was actively anti-2A here on earth. I was not remotely political until recently when I started noticing the systematic incremental destruction of the constitution.
And now it matters. Many of my idols have slipped more than a few notches (which is tough with family and personal friends). Historic accomplishments aside, a little reading about Henry Ford and Charles Lindbergh can be similarly disquieting.
Generically, I wonder how many other public figures, heroes and icons we tend to 100% align ourselves with - based on just a few things we "know" about them. All the while not realizing they might differ profoundly from what we've always perceived.
Sobering.