How do you go home when your child isn’t coming with you? Their bed is still there. Their favorite cereal is in the kitchen. The clothes you washed for them are waiting to be put away. That’s what I keep thinking about as I read about Oregon. The parents who woke up with plans for an ordinary day and now face something so different. So difficult. My children have heard me say, “Be safe,” more times than they could count. You say it because you love them. Because you know you cannot go everywhere they go. If Sandy Hook wasn’t enough to bring us together to better protect our children, what will be? I seek change. I seek change.. I seek change… I support the Second Amendment. I also believe people with violent histories or those found through due process to pose a danger to themselves or others should not have access to firearms. Gun owners should secure their firearms. Threats should be taken seriously and followed up on. Families who are asking for help need somewhere to turn before someone gets hurt. Teachers need to be heard when they raise concerns. Schools need the resources to address them. First responders deserve support for the things they see and carry home. We need to talk honestly about how people who pose a danger get access to firearms and what can be done to stop them. My years in public safety taught me to look upstream. We will always need people ready to respond, but we also need to find the places where we can step in before a family’s worst day. We cannot ask grieving families to keep telling us about their children while we refuse to move. A child does not have to be mine for their life to matter to me. I seek change. 🇺🇸