Zach Wasser: On Newtown and Gun Control: Listen to the Mothers

Zach Wasser: On Newtown and Gun Control: Listen to the Mothers 

"...if, as President Obama said, more than 70 percent of NRA cardholders want universal background checks, what else can we do to prevent gun violence? It is clear that what we have done thus far is not enough. And again, I ask in all seriousness, why would anyone need to own a semi-automatic assault rifle? It seems to me that no one needs a certain kind of rifle or ammunition the way a mother needs her child. Is there any way to compromise?"

"Gun violence affects every area of this country and it is a symptom of how our system, our nation, has failed. This time, let's break the cycle, turn away from the killer, his name, his motivations, the why and towards the victims, the families and the how. We have to love the victims of gun violence as deeply as we love our own families and we have to sit with them in grief and use our pain to motivate us to cultivate real, lasting change; or this will happen again and it will be our fault again. The only meaning we can take from this senseless violence will come from the changes we make and the laws we enact. So, for once, let's take some good advice and listen to the mothers."