19 children will not get up today to go to school. 2 adults will not get up today to go to work. Their parents, their children, their family, their friends will never see them again. Why? Because they were gunned down. Again. By someone with open access to gun(s). Again.
When will it be enough?
- Columbine High School (Littleton, CO - 04/1999)
- Sandy Hook Elementary School (Newtown, CT - 12/2012)
- Route 91 Harvest Music Festival (Las Vegas, NV - 10/2017)
- Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School (Parkland, FL - 02/2018)
- Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting (Pittsburgh, PA - 10/2018)
- Tops Supermarket (Buffalo, NY - 05/2022)
- Robb Elementary School (Uvalde, TX - 05/2022)
Those are just the worst of them. The ones with the most deaths. The ones that bring national headlines. There have been so many more. So many more that we have just become numb.
It doesn't have to be like this. We don't have to celebrate an artifact of killing. Why we hold guns to such a high degree is beyond me. The 2nd Amendment was never intended to support this type of violence and suffering. At the very least, can't we all get on the same page about protecting children who are literally in school?
This should not be a political argument. This should not be a left vs. right argument. This should be a human rights argument. This should be a freedom to live argument.
I'm tired of the excuses. I'm tired of the "thoughts and prayers". I'm tired of the "sport" argument.
I'm just tired of it. And you should be, too.
