Editorial: We must do something about guns in America
Yes, it’s time to talk about it. Yes, it’s time to confront our problem. Yes, it’s time to find a solution.
The “mindless menace” of gun violence struck our country again last week with the February 14 massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida.
Seventeen victims, both students and faculty, were cut down by a 19-year-old former student with a history of mental turmoil who somehow managed to buy his weapon of mass destruction, an AR-15 assault rifle, legally. It’s a device with just one purpose: to kill as many people as possible, as quickly as possible.