In my heart of hearts, I hope the people who made this possible feel all the shame and compunction of supporting guns over children’s lives, disingenuously justified in the name of fighting the fascistic tyranny they embrace, begging for genuine forgiveness. There are no words for the rage I feel.
In the meantime, I’m going to pick my children up from the first day of school and hug them and hear their stories, knowing that stories an hour north are filled with terror and knowing some parents can’t do this because we’ve decided that the idea of guns is more important than children’s lives.