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Sunday, December 16, 2012

How to Make Sure That Massacres Never Happen Again « Diane Ravitch's blog

How to Make Sure That Massacres Never Happen Again « Diane Ravitch's blog:


How to Make Sure That Massacres Never Happen Again

Yes, there is an answer, an almost fool-proof way to make sure that mentally ill people never again have the means to slaughter other people.
Yes, there is a way to end gun violence.
Here it is.
Frankly I am sick of hearing about how much people love their weapons. Adam Lanza’s mother loved her gun collection. Now she’s dead, killed by one of them.
Twenty babies in Connecticut lost their lives. They were ruthlessly destroyed by a man with weapons, each of them legally obtained by Adam’s mother in a state with tough gun laws.
We don’t have to wait until every mentally ill person is cured. We must make sure that mentally ill people are