March Matron

Stacey Feeley's 3-year-old practicing a lockdown drill and hiding from a potential attacker, June 2016  

"Politicians – take a look. This is your child, your children, your grandchildren, your great-grandchildren and future generations to come. They will live their lives and grow up in this world based on your decision." - Stacey Feeley

I think most people would agree that gun violence has not improved in two years, but how much worse has it become? 

Philip Mudd, former FBI agent and counter-terrorism analyst for CNN, speaking with Wolf Blitzer about the Parkland, Florida shooting.   

"A child of God is dead. Can not we acknowledge in this country that we cannot accept this. . . . I can't do it, Wolf."

A few numbers about the US and guns: 

God Bless America Handgun Control, Inc. 1997

There were more than 38,000 gun-related deaths in the US in 2016 . . .

Chief petty officers watch a Revolutionary War-era rifle demonstration at the Bunker Hill Monument in Boston

The US is 4% of the world’s population, owns 43% of the world’s guns and is responsible for 34% of civilian mass shootings.

Guns in the classroom by TAP The Ale Party

312 US school shootings since 2013 (an average of nearly one a week) . . . 

Note from Aztec High School shooting in Dec 2017. William Atchison shot two students before killing himself.