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Over a decade ago my son lost one of his best friends to gun violence. The friend was at a party and a persistent, uninvited and obviously deranged man opened the apartment door and shot randomly into the joyful group with a handgun. He killed a lovely, promising young man. A singular, needless tragedy.
One main difference 10 years later: we have a relentless demonstration of what the toxic mix of rage and easy access to assault weapons is capable of — potentially blowing everyone at that party away with a few quick swipes. It’s all a tragedy, but let’s get rid of the assault weapons.
Talk to your state representative and senator about upcoming gun safety legislation that would ban assault weapons. Surely, we can do this.
Suzanne Kelly
Bangor