Postcard (Photo credit: Marita Cosma)
About the shootings in Connecticut at an elementary school that killed at least 18 children and 9 adults. How many times does this have to happen before we get some sensible laws on assault weapons????
This happens so often that we actually have guides from media organizations and psychologists about how to talk to our kids about school shootings, like this one from MSNBC. There’s also a general one from PBS that covers disturbing news. They may be useful to those with older kids than Maya, though I don’t envy any parent that tries to explain how and why this can happen.
While everyone else has basically given up on bringing sensible gun policy to the U.S., the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence has kept on going. If you’re as mad and upset as I am, you might think about sending them some love.
For my part, words fail me, for once. Just watching the news and crying…
Filed under: Environmental Health & Safety, Parenting, Reflections Tagged: assault weapons, Associated Press, Brady center fo prevent gun violence, children, Connecticut, Danbury Hospital, Elementary school, Gun, guns, murder, Newtown Connecticut, policy, School shooting, sense, United States
