Sep 7, 2024 1 min read

America’s gun fetish sickness has struck again, this time in Georgia, a state which is among the most lax in firearm regulations, as a school slaughter destroys more families and another community in which things will never be the same again.

A 14-year-old child is the perpetrator. Who would provide training in how to use a lethal weapon to a youth who is years away from being able to legally purchase cigarettes or alcohol, from being able to gamble, or to sign a contract, someone who does not have a level of maturity and brain development sufficient to possess such a weapon?

I would ask Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp and others, do contributions and support from the National Rifle Association take precedence over elected officials doing the right thing, enacting laws that enable children to go to school with a reasonable assurance that they will be alive at the end of the day?

I suppose the answer from the gun enthusiasts in addition to offering their thoughts and prayers is to even more greatly fortify our schools with armed resource officers and to install metal detectors before one can enter a school building.

God weeps.

Oren Spiegler

Peters