Monday is the eighth anniversary of the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut
Written By:
Mary Streufert and Joan Peterson | 11:00 am, Dec. 11, 2020 ×
If we don’t remember the victims, we will never act to prevent more senseless gun violence. We can make a difference if we demand the changes that lead to safer communities.
People should be safe from gun violence when they go about their daily business. Children should be safe from gun violence wherever they are. We can decrease the number of gun homicides and suicides through common-sense precautions and legislation.
Eight years ago Monday, Dec. 14, we were rocked with the news that a troubled young man walked into Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, and fired 154 bullets in less than five minutes, killing 20 children and six teachers. That one event seemed to set off a series of school shootings.