Content warning: This email reflects on the events in Newtown, Connecticut on December 14, 2012. If this is too much to read, we understand. Take care of yourself and skip the rest of this email. Here are some mental health resources that you may find helpful.
This morning, we received the wrenching news of another school shooting, this time in Madison, Wisconsin.
We are horrified that this is happening once again. Our hearts are with those who lost their lives, their families and friends, and the regrettably growing community of survivors of gun violence in this country.
Details from Wisconsin are still emerging, but one thing is clear: This isn’t normal. We cannot accept gun violence as a part of our lives.
This act of violence should have never occurred, and we should not be scared to send our kids to school nor should our teachers be scared to go to work because of the threat of a shooting.
Our “leaders” shouldn’t be more interested in pandering to the gun lobby to score political points than they are in keeping us safe. It is sickening to know that school is not a safe place to be a child in America thanks to politicians’ inaction.
Today our hearts break again. Tomorrow, we continue our fight for a safer future where mass shootings are no longer a threat to our everyday lives. We refuse to inherit a country where gun violence is the norm.
— Team MFOL