'I so fear for my three small grandchildren who may have to undergo “active shooter” drills in their classroom. This should not be a part of their education!'
Could it be mental health issues? Or could it be guns are too readily available? Whatever the reason, this has to stop. It’s hard to pass laws when gun lobbyists control how the Congress and Senate vote.Any Congressperson who does not vote for gun control legislation and yet claims to be pro-life is a verifiable hypocrite.Rights have associated responsibilities; living in a democracy entails a right to vote and a responsibility to pay taxes.
However, the GOP-NRA are very vocal when they threaten elected officials with defeat at the polls if they so much as try to place any restrictions on gun ownership.Children are not the price of freedom. They are the price of paranoia and a warped set of values that cherishes firearms more than our own children. We do not send children to war, yet the gun lobby has no problem with kids involuntarily being placed on the front lines of this culture war.
Responding to the latest tragedy with thoughts and prayers and a new attempt at gun law reform will not be enough to stop gun violence, though. The American people need to get ahead of the gun violence that is plaguing our communities and endangering our children. The Post’s proposed revisions to House Bill 1230 are particularly problematic and suggest that the Post is simply trying to take as many guns away from as many people as possible as an end in itself. Semiautomatics are favored by people with certain disabilities, most notably back problems, because they generate less felt recoil.
Earlier this month, I celebrated an exciting patient encounter – a family agreed to take home a firearm lockbox from their toddler’s wellness visit. The American Academy of Pediatrics notes that 4.6 million children in the United States live in a home where a firearm is stored improperly . This patient was one of them. Similarly, the AAP recommends that community pediatricians routinely discuss access to firearms and methods for risk reduction.
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