I watched the video this morning. Nicole Hockley was a guest on MSNBC this morning and showed it. She lost her 6-year-old son, Dylan in the 2012 mass shooting at Sandy Hook School.
I applaud men and women whose children were murdered at Sandy Hook for getting out and being activists for gun control. It's been a horrible time for those parents, many of whom have been targets of hatred. When a parent's child has had their body ripped into pieces in a horrible death, those parents shouldn't be subjected to hate mongering, threats on their lives and media scrutiny and judgements.
Jeremy Richman was the father of 5 year old Avielle Richman who was murdered at Sandy Hook. Richman founded the Avielle Foundation, dedicated to preventing violence and building compassion through brain research, community engagement and education. Jeremy Richman committed suicide last March. He suffered survivor guilt and PTSD. Jeremy Richman was the 3rd such suicide. Just days earlier, the city of Parkland, Florida, was rocked by two apparent suicides involving survivors of a gunman's rampage on Valentine's Day 2018 that killed 17 students and staff at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.
Why are parents and family of slain children forced to pick up the gauntlet and fight for gun legislation when this should be a bipartisan issue? It shouldn't be a political tug of war between the NRA, Congress, the family of victims and the American public. This should be an easy choice, YES we need new gun legislation even if it's just something palliative that the Congress comes up with to quiet down the uproar until the next mass murder. Do something, even if it's just for show. But Jesus Christ, people need to come together on this issue. Kids are being traumatized by the fears of being murdered in their classrooms. I hardly recognize this country anymore, it's not the same one I grew up in.
