Re: “Colleges can’t deal with gun violence alone” [June 18, Opinion]:
Sure, faculties can not safeguard our college students alone. This job belongs to all of us. The best alternative for prevention is within the residence with the safe, separate storage of unloaded weapons and ammunition.
The place did the 2 college students who “every introduced a gun to high school” achieve entry to those lethal weapons? It’s extremely possible the weapons have been left unstored of their houses or the houses of another person.
In accordance with a June 13 Facilities for Illness Management and Prevention report, “roughly as soon as daily in the USA, a toddler below the age of 18 good points entry to a loaded gun and unintentionally shoots themself or another person … the onus to retailer weapons securely and hold them out of attain of kids is at all times on adults.”
Gun homeowners and non-gun homeowners alike need to shield our youth. It’s important to do all we are able to to satisfy this aim, however begin with eliminating quick access to weapons at residence.
Margaret Heldring, Seattle
