To the Editor:
When do the values of those who too rigidly defend the Second Amendment’s “right to bear arms” outweigh the rights of children in schools, or innocent people on the street or in theaters/concerts, to be safe from deranged killers wielding automatic weapons? The answer is never.
I’m writing this editorial one day after the school shooting at Parkland High School in Florida, and I’m writing it because I’m very angry.
February 21, 2018
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