Recently, there was a segment on the news about gun drills in preschools. When I grew up, there were only fire drills. One would think the 2012 Sandy Hook shooting was enough to get sensible gun laws enacted.
As much as I am glad there are more elected officials agreeing with people wanting sensible gun laws enacted now and not later, it’ll take no more lucrative payoffs to both sides of the political aisle.
So far, over the many years of mass shootings, there are insane threats to realistic gun policy from pro-gun groups to keep their AR-15s.
The latest California shooter, with PTSD from military overseas deployment, is an example of why we should not ever be engaged in war that breeds 12-people-trigger-happy deaths.
If gun deaths don’t happen in most politicians’ backyards, where their own family members and colleagues are affected, we will unfortunately see weekly carnage. Had there been a worse situation last year at a baseball field full of Republican congressmen, where one was shot in the leg, perhaps we the people would be spared of weekly mass funerals.
Mothers Against Drunk Driving took years to create awareness. Moms Demand Action For Gun Sense in America deserves recognition now, not kicked down the road.
Sally Florence
Durango
