Saturday, March 24, 2001

I am a big believer in gun control. I think that it works; I think it makes sense; and I honestly cannot understand those who oppose it. All it does is save lives-- how can you disagree with that?

I am deeply distressed by the recent wave of in-school violence. It started up again with the Santana High School shooting in Santee, CA, the worst massacre since 1999's tragic Columbine. But how far have we come if two years later, the same thing can happen again?

I myself have been quite active in the cause. After hearing about PAX, I opened a branch at my school. We organized letter-writing campaigns, poster campaigns around school, brought in a speaker, facilitated discussion -- anything and everything to try to protect our school from the tragedy that had befallen others. I even made this little website before I knew what HTML was. (Note: It has not been updated in about two years.) I went on the Million Mom March in May of 2000, and I really felt like we -- the anti-gun violence movement -- were making a lot of progress. Suddenly, maybe perhaps because the George W.'s the president, I've been feeling not quite hopeless, but certainly discouraged. But I know we can't give up. It's too important.

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