Tag: gun violence
Why Lamenting Gun Violence Should Absolutely Lead to More Questions
The call no one wants to get at 1 am on Monday morning, “We are closing school because of a suspected threat.” On May 23rd, this is the call I received. Then on Tuesday, May 24th, 2022, a teenager opened fire on an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas. On Wednesday, May 25th, I sobbed in ...Guns, Kids, Safety, And Confusion
On November 30th, 2021, approximately 30 miles from my home a High School student brought a gun to school and opened fire on his classmates in Oxford, MI. Not the first school shooting to break my heart and send tense waves of anxiety through my body, but the first so close to home. It is ...