What Does Donald Trump Have to Say to the Parkland Parent Lori Alhadeff?

[Hermit-The-Prog]

By John Cassidy

On Thursday evening, the people of Parkland, Florida, held a candlelight vigil for the victims of Wednesday’s gun massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. Before the vigil began, one of the bereaved parents, Lori Alhadeff, the mother of Alyssa Alhadeff, a vibrant, soccer-playing ninth grader who was one of the seventeen people shot dead by Nikolas Cruz, made a remarkable and impassioned plea on CNN.

If you haven’t yet seen the video of the network’s on-the-spot interview with Alhadeff, brace yourself. It is very harrowing. But for anybody who gives a damn about this country it should be required viewing.

“How, how do we allow a gunman to come into our children’s school?” Alhadeff began, clutching a microphone in one hand and looking directly into the camera. “What security is there? There’s no metal detectors. The gunman—a crazy person—just walks right into the school, knocks down the window of my child’s door and starts shooting. Shooting her. And killing her.”

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If I were the head of a major media organization, I would ask my staff to put a simple question to every member of Congress, and to Donald Trump, too. “How do you respond to Lori Alhadeff?”

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https://www.newyorker.com/news/our-columnists/what-does-donald-trump-have-to-say-to-the-parkland-parent-lori-alhadeff

[Aristus]

1. Trump is postponing his response to Ms. Alhadeff

until the NRA writes it for him and hands it to him.

[SWBTATTReg]

2. Too many guns and no one is doing anything to stop them...w/ one stark exception...

The gun lobby recommends more guns!!

Gun Freaks...hyperventilate over having their weapons of mass destruction taken away or registered or the like, all of the while stating that they need to preserve their rights etc.

What about our rights as a society, to live in peaceful and productive communities, w/o guns (which has been successfully done in many localities, for many years).

History shows that the States also banned guns for valid reasons, all of which is overridden by the hyped up language pumped out by the gun lobby and republicans solely for profit AND votes, and NOT the country. These people see only $ bills and power.

[Stuart G]

3. After Columbine, many high schools instituted..metal detectors

8 or 9 years ago I visited a high school to be part of a history project. Everyone had to enter through a metal detector. I suspect this will become general procedure after this shooting. But in that system, (Chicago Public Schools) it already had, at that time..become general procedure. (I haven't been in a high school in many years, I do not know if this is still done)