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This week’s Feedback Friday topic is:
Memorial Day Overshadowed by Gun Violence
This Memorial Day weekend, which is our nation’s special time to remember our brave soldiers who laid upon the blade of service and died for our country, we are also crestfallen with this week’s news of yet another mass murder. This one at the hands of an insane man (nee child)—just 18 years old—who took 21 lives at an Uvalde, Texas, elementary school with legally-purchased AR rifles and 375 rounds of 5.56-caliber ammunition.
It's an amazingly sad situation that overshadows this weekend’s holiday. We mourn those who died for our nation during the span of many wars, tours, and service—many of whom were 18-year-olds, themselves, firing guns until the day they died.
And now we mourn those who died at the hands of an 18-year-old who fired guns into an elementary school. This incident occurring just one week after the horrific mass murder at a Buffalo, New York, supermarket. All of which hits home in Annapolis much, much too hard.
Clearly, something must be done to prevent mass murders in which the weapon of choice is firearms. The question is, how and what can be done? How do we respect safe-practicing gun advocates and owners and ensure guns do not end up in the hands of another mass murderer? If you think this is solely a gun issue, please explain your solutions. If you think this is a mental health crisis, please explain what you think can be done. Both? Something must be done.
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