This past weekend marked 12 years since the Sandy Hook school shooting, which took the lives of 20 children age seven and under, and six adults. Just in this year alone, 31,000 students have been impacted by a shooting at their school. And just yesterday in Madison, Wisconsin a 15 year old student took the lives of a fellow student and a teacher. A second grade child was the first to call 911.
Each year, more and more children are affected by gun violence in their schools and communities. Too many adults ignore these tragedies and brush them off by claiming there is nothing we can do. But we know that’s not true. We know that together we can take action to stop these deadly shootings and protect our children. We can demand more from our elected leaders and we can support candidates who vote for common sense gun legislation.
We leave you with the words of Mia Tretta, a wounded survivor of the Saugus High School shooting. When Mia was shot at her school, she was too young to even vote, but she wasn’t too young to take action. Mia used her voice to speak up and she’s not going to stop anytime soon. Let’s join her.
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