Editor, Gazette-Journal:

How can we as a society send our kids off to school not knowing whether they will come home alive?

Statements vary, but indicate as many as 40 school shootings since 2000, not including five in the first seven weeks of 2018. A Washington Post analysis found that more than 150,000 students attending 170 schools have experienced a shooting on campus since the Columbine High School incident in 1999.

Allowing an environment which kills and traumatizes our children is totally unacceptable. So why aren’t responsible people fixing this? Hint: follow the money, the politics and statements of those who profit from selling guns. Question: Should Rob Wittman send his NRA money back?

Some people say, “Guns don’t kill people, people do.” Think about it. Guns make it easier to kill. What about countries with gun controls that do not have this problem? Hmm … getting a picture? Some gun regulation … fewer killings.

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