Not long after President Obama’s recent speech on gun control, I received several e-mails from Jim Messina (at BarackObama.com) and Joe Biden from whitehouse.gov. These two repeatedly quoted the president: “If we can save the life of even one child, then we have a responsibility to act.” These are powerful words, and they tug at the heartstrings of us all.
I started to do some research and found out that in 2010, 180 children under the age of 11 were killed by a firearm. This is a national tragedy. CBS news quoted the president saying, “Every day we wait” to act on guns, the number of victims “will keep growing.”
This is dire. It’s an epidemic. I have kids. I want them to be safe. We’d better take action, America!