208 mass shootings this year

Nathan Dahm’s disdain towards effective gun registries are two of many examples of a political football the government has been throwing. The reality is that those issues won’t matter if students across the nation are dying from bullets in their schools.

In an interview with comedian and political commentator Jon Stewart, Dahm said that the government has the duty to protect children, so drag shows should be banned — but not guns. He also insists that any form of security checks would violate a person’s constitutional right.

Eliahna “Ellie” Amyah Garcia, Eliahna A. Torres, Annabel Guadalupe Rodriguez, Jackie Cazares, Uziyah Garcia, Jayce Carmelo Luevanos, Mite Yuleana Rodriguez, Jailah Nicole Silguero, Irma Garcia, Eva Mireles, Amerie Jo Garza, Alexandria Aniyah Rubio, Alithia Ramirez…

Say their names, and say all of the ones that are bound to happen if we don’t fix this issue now.

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All statistics updated as of May 9, 2023, according the Gun Violence Archive.

Typically, I would try to argue the opposing side or provide some sort of alternate opinion, but in this instance, I cannot debate against my own right to live safely.

The government has been negligent on the issue of gun safety and should be held accountable. I contin ue to wonder how such a preventable act of violence still lives on in students’ lives.

I ask for you to see us and how scared we are. I ask for you to hold those accountable for neglecting to protect Katherine Koonce, Cynthia Peak, Evelyn Dieckhaus, Hallie Scruggs, William Kinney, Alyssa Alhadeff, Martin Duque Anguiano, Scott Beigel, Nicholas Dworet, Jaime Guttenberg, Luke Hoyer, Cara Loughran, Gina Montalto, Joaquin Oliver, Alaina Petty, Meadow Pollack, Helena Ramsay, Alex Schachter, Carmen Schentrup, Peter Wang, Maken na Lee Elrod, Layla Salazar, Maranda Mathis, Ne veah Bravo, Jose Manuel Flores Jr., Xavier Lopez, Tess Marie Mata, Rojelio Torres,