Tag Archives: gun control
Letter: Restore assault weapons ban
Thank you, teens, for standing up and protesting! Thank you for demanding action, policies and change instead of just thoughts and prayers. Arming teachers with concealed weapons won’t protect any of us against assault weapons. There have been armed people in many of the massacres who were not able to get out their weapons in […]
Continue readingShooting at Florida School
There are no words to describe what happened in Parkland, Florida yesterday except these: “Thoughts and Prayers” are not enough.
Continue readingFacts About Guns in the U.S. — and Two Action Alerts
The tragedy in Las Vegas last night has evoked a burst of conversation about gun control. Here is a useful article to prepare you to have conversations with those who say “guns don’t kill, people do.” The bottom line on all the statistics presented in that article: The states that have tighter gun restrictions have […]
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