Maybe this school- shooting will be different.
Just maybe the grip of the NRA will be successfully challenged.
Maybe the myth that if there just are enough guns, the violence will stop.
I doubt the writers of the Second Amendment never meant that the right to bear arms would come to this place.
Americans do not have a monopoly on violence. Watch the evening news regarding Syria. Where its ruler uses poison gas on his own people. But we have a rare moment in history to set an alternate to killing others.
Today's students get it. They have found voice and are learning valuable leadership skills. They are such fast learners that tha alt-right accuses them of being trained actors fostering some conspiracy.
I watch them in the news and roar with them. Go for the gold!
These young people are changed forever. Not just because of the fear and despair they have experienced. But for learning how to apply political pressure to create needed change. Just as those individuals, who marched for civil rights in this country divided unequally by race, were changed.
The lesson from those years past is that changing our culture is not remedied by one legal act. Just as racial equality has been a long hard road - responsible gun use and changing the current ready availability of assault weapons will take a long time. But there are some crucial steps that need to be taken now.
And those have found their voice are critical.
I salute their courage and conviction.
