I was just stopped at the red light next to Providence High School here in Burbank, and there was a large group of kids out protesting for #NationalWalkoutDay, holding signs and chanting, and my reaction surprised me.
The driver next to me & I both tooted our horns in support, and as we smiled at each other I registered what it was they were chanting: “Less Guns. More Kids.”
I reflexively choked up. I was sitting there feeling encouraged by these kids’ enthusiasm and activism, & that chant hit me with the bottom line reason those kids, and kids all over the US, are out there today; they’re scared. Our kids are scared for their lives. My kids. Yours.
They’re not out there being political, they’re out there because they’re afraid of getting shot to death. In their schools and elsewhere.
It didn’t used to be like this. Kids weren’t so scared when there weren’t so many guns. It’s that simple.
They deserve better from us.
It didn’t used to be like this. Kids weren’t so scared when there weren’t so many guns. It’s that simple.
They deserve better from us.
