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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]TNNurse
(6,926 posts)12. Wow, I do not agree with your logic.
Accidents by definition are not intentional. Some are preventable, but not all. School shootings are intentional. These two events are NOT comparable.
I graduated from high school in 1967, in the previous 12 years I did know there was a possibility of a car wreck, not once was I concerned about a school shooting. Things have changed.
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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