Kids are now more likely to die from guns than from drugs or drowning. Is this really the kind of nation we are?
It's been seven long years since my sweet little boy, Daniel, was murdered along with 19 of his peers and six educators at Sandy Hook Elementary School. As shocked as the nation was at the time—and despite the record number of school shootings since—federal lawmakers have yet to put meaningful gun reforms into place. This is absolutely unacceptable.on school groundssince the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Universal Background Checks Bill in 2019.
More than 20 states including North Carolina and Pennsylvania, have passed some expansion of the federal background check system that closes the"private sales loophole." This loophole lets private sellers sell guns to absolute strangers without ever conducting a background check on the buyer. On any given day, in Texas alone, more than 3,500 guns are listed for private sale through a popular online marketplace.
Since my sweet little boy was killed, I have dedicated myself to honoring my son by making schools a safer place so that no other parent would have to endure this excruciating pain. I co-founded Sandy Hook Promise, where we've developed upstream prevention programs likethat help save lives by teaching youth and adults to"know the signs" of someone at-risk of harming themselves or others.
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