‘Hey, Mr. Russell, it’s show and tell, can we see your Glock 9?’

‘Hey, Mr. Russell, it’s show and tell, can we see your Glock 9?’:

'Hey, Mr. Russell, it's show and tell, can we see your Glock 9?'

by Valerie Strauss

Here's Bill Moyers on the issue of safety in school and community, urging people to reject the notion that there is nothing they can do in the wake of the deadly shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut. Below the video is the transcript. This essay will be part of this weekend's "Moyers & Company" broadcast.




THE TRANSCRIPT

Welcome. The bells rang for the lost: Charlotte Bacon, Olivia Engel, Ana Marquez-Greene, Dylan Hockley, Madeline Hsu, Catherine Hubbard, Jesse Lewis, James Mattioli, Emilie Parker, Jack Pinto, Noah Pozner, Caroline Previdi, Jessica Rekos, Avielle Richman, Benjamin Wheeler, and Allison Wyatt. All were six years old.

Daniel Barden, Josephine Gay, Chase Kowalski, and Grace McDonnell were 7.

Six adults died with them: Mary Sherlach, Anne Marie Murphy, Dawn Hochsprung, Lauren