This is my fourth grader. Heâs 10. I picked him up from school yesterday and he was so excited to tell me about his field trip and his upcoming play. We stopped and got ice cream. I took a quick pictureâ¦
At the same time I took this picture, a classroom of fourth graders was massacred in Texas.
One of Ryanâs earliest memories is running from a mall in a stampede where there was a reported shooting. He was young, but remembers being scared when he got separated from his sisters.
Itâs time to do something about this. Gun violence is the number one killer of children. And more guns is not the solution. Easier access to guns is not a solution. Arming teachers is not a solution. You canât make every school into a fortress. You think the problem is mental illness? Then how are you going address that? We need action. More of the same is clearly not the answer. Itâs time to act.
