Teach gun safety to our children in schools

Parents have been traumatized by an increase in the prevalence of school shootings over the past decade, with gun violence now being the leading cause of death in children. We drop our children off at school and hope for the best, each day.

Adults with semi-automatic rifles entering our school buildings constitutes an ongoing epidemic, but a recent incident in Virginia suggests that intruders are not the only concern when it comes to school shootings – and handguns within the home could pose a threat beyond its walls. Read more. 

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►Ron DeSantis has certainly given us clarity on how he feels about African American history. Have we also been given greater clarity on the true character of this governor who wants to be president?

►It's still only January, and America already has suffered dozens of mass shootings. It's another kind of pandemic, on top of the anti-Asian hate crimes that began with COVID-19.

►The Transportation Security Administration found 6,542 guns at airport security checkpoints last year, and almost 90% were loaded. That has to stop.

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