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In reply to the discussion: My 16 year old daughters letter to the Editor got published in our major paper today! No more fear! [View all]Motownman78
(491 posts)4. That is a big problem in our country
Too many people living in fear, and the realization that you and your daughter are 4,500 times more likely to be killed in an auto accident on the way to school then in a school shooting, that fear is really unfounded. Over 40,000 killed in auto accidents in 2017. 9 school shooting deaths in 2017.
Sorry, this might not be popular, but I am sick and tired of living in a country infested with Fear. Fear got us Donald Trump after all.
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My 16 year old daughters letter to the Editor got published in our major paper today! No more fear! [View all]
ChubbyStar
Mar 2018
OP
For me its not the fear, but the thought of the little tykes who were massacred, now the teens.
olegramps
Mar 2018
#17
Congrats to you and your daughter. Sounds like she's received some good parenting as well.
jalan48
Mar 2018
#5
Wonderful letter- passionate, determined & to the point. And she's right!
appalachiablue
Mar 2018
#26