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I woke up the other morning to two more mass shootings in our country. Since the mass shooting in Lewiston, which I thought could not happen here in Maine, reality has set in. So many shootings.
One reason given is mental illness. Many other countries have people with mental illness but mass shootings are rare in those countries. Is mental illness the main reason for our mass shootings or is it guns seemingly designed to kill people not to hunt game?
We have the right to bear arms but we do not have the right to turn our schools and places of worship into war zones. We do not have the right to have teachers feel they must bear arms in school. We do not have the right to kill innocent people in seconds with semi-automatic or automatic guns. We should not have the need to have parents buy bullet-proof backpacks and hoodies for their children
We do however have the right to act, and I believe a “yes” vote on Question 2 is a start, here in Maine. We voters need to step up and dedicate ourselves to protecting innocent people and our most precious investment, our children.
Can you imagine a more tragic event than losing a child to violence? Please Vote “yes” on Question 2 and stand for our children and grandchildren.
Marilyn C. Kenyon
Albion
