You may be the only one in this entire state who could do something to protect our children. You could do it if you wanted to.
...It was never likely that events this week would change your commitment to serving up every item on the gun lobby's agenda, I admit, but I still had hope. There's nothing "other" about this school community to hide behind, no way to pass it off as something that only happens in other places. Maybe you would see it this time. Maybe it would be personal this time. I kept hoping that your delay in responding was a sign that you were gathering the courage to do the right thing.
You weren't, though. When you finally spoke, it was not to introduce a plan to reduce gun violence and prevent the slaughter of our community's beloved children. When you finally spoke, it was to say nothing at all.
--Margaret Renkl, a contributing Opinion writer, is the author of the books "Graceland, at Last: Notes on Hope and Heartache From the American South" and "Late Migrations: A Natural History of Love and Loss."
...It was never likely that events this week would change your commitment to serving up every item on the gun lobby's agenda, I admit, but I still had hope. There's nothing "other" about this school community to hide behind, no way to pass it off as something that only happens in other places. Maybe you would see it this time. Maybe it would be personal this time. I kept hoping that your delay in responding was a sign that you were gathering the courage to do the right thing.
You weren't, though. When you finally spoke, it was not to introduce a plan to reduce gun violence and prevent the slaughter of our community's beloved children. When you finally spoke, it was to say nothing at all.
--Margaret Renkl, a contributing Opinion writer, is the author of the books "Graceland, at Last: Notes on Hope and Heartache From the American South" and "Late Migrations: A Natural History of Love and Loss."
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