Ed Cochrane

Sandy Hook, Never Forgotten

 

                        This upcoming Saturday is the one year anniversary of the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School. It is still hard to believe that twenty six innocent people were shot to death twenty of them children. This event seemed to shatter America’s false sense of security because of how simple it was for Adam Lanza to break into an elementary school and kill twenty six people. Now the only things we can do are protect ourselves and our loved ones from shootings and remember those that have passed. Recently I wrote article in the Falls Church High School newspaper about Americas growing insensitivity towards gun violence fortunately the shooting that occurred in Sandy Hook was an exception, the media and the majority of America is still memorializing this tragic event a year later but it takes more than just remembering those who have passed. I believe that we as Americans did not react correctly we stood there in shock when we should have been securing our schools or passing laws to prevent gun violence or finding ways to treat people like Adam Lanza who are mentally unstable.  The parents of the children that died during the shooting have done numerous ent gun things to prevent gun violence Allisa Parker started an anti gun violence blog called The Parker Five, Allisa Parker collaborated with Michelle Gay another parent of one of the victims to form Safe and Sound Schools a nonprofit organization that teaches schools and parents about safety during deadly situations, and Nicole Hockley who now leads the Sandy Hook Promise a website against gun violence. As we remember this tragedy we must also pledge to take action and prevent gun violence whether it be educating people on safety, treating mentally ill people like Adam Lanza , or passing laws that prevent gun violence.