Elise Schering, 7, shows a easy message throughout a Nationwide Gun Violence Consciousness Day rally on the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., on Thursday, June 2, 2022. State lawmakers, gun violence survivors and others gathered calling on Congress for stricter gun management legal guidelines. Wealthy Pedroncelli, Related Press
I discover myself puzzled, after the newest faculty capturing in Uvalde, Texas. My fourth grader received his little league championship that evening, because the mother and father in Texas had been nonetheless discovering out whether or not they would ever see their youngsters once more. “Ideas and prayers” ring hole within the wake of such a tragedy — particularly when it's a tragedy we maintain seeing in our nation.
It appears that evidently a giant portion of my fellow Individuals agree that one thing has to vary relating to weapons, and Congress has repeatedly failed to search out the braveness to take motion.
So immediately, I ask: what are Sen. Mike Lee, Rep. Chris Stewart and Sen. Mitt Romney going to do to get commonsense gun management laws handed? What number of extra lives have to be misplaced to weapons of battle in our cities earlier than they take motion?
Jon Boyer
Centerville