Senseless, hate-filled violence occurs daily from people on both sides. The two parties need to find common ground with policy, particularly gun reform. Gun reform is not gun control. It is a common ground. Children are dying, as are political podcasters who spewed hate.
I do not applaud the senseless murder of Charlie Kirk, nor do I condone the death of children at the hands of people who should not have been permitted to own a firearm. I believe in the Second Amendment, but where do we draw the line and fix a broken system? No one wants to see people lose their right to carry, but when does the violence end?
Mental health is not the only issue. It is time for representatives to close the Charleston loophole and work on bipartisan legislation to include immediate uploading of local offenders who are a danger to themselves and others and domestic violence perpetrators to the NCIS database.
A sitting president used 9/11 to praise a man who spewed hate rhetoric and try to make him a national hero. 9/11 was a day to honor the real heroes who sacrificed themselves at the hands of terrorists. Our president is obscuring the bigger problem: the fear of violence that students live with daily. He minimized the reason the Pentagon remembrance service was held, making it about himself and his loyal followers.
It’s time to move forward from the hate and concentrate on making this country whole again. I honestly do not think it’s possible. RIP to the country I love.
Bridget Noel
New Stanton