Letter: On gun control, nothing has changed since the Million Mom March 18 years ago
Scott Sommerdorf | The Salt Lake Tribune
Part of the huge crowd on the south lawn of the Utah State Capitol for the "For Our lives" rally, Saturday, March 24, 2018.
There is nothing like a mother’s love for her children! Mothers would rather lay down their own life than lose a child! Eighteen years ago, on Mother’s Day, mothers across the nation rallied for stricter gun control with the Million Mom March.
Personally, the only thing I wanted for Mother’s Day was for my children to march with me in support of gun laws that would offer the protection that I couldn’t guarantee to them! Nothing has changed in 18 years! In fact you could say that gun laws have worsened and we have more dangerous weapons that can easily kill the masses.
Fast forward 18 years and now the children are asking for the laws to protect them where their mothers couldn’t! Please write your congressmen to take action. Let’s be the adults and protect our children! Let’s not wait another 18 years!!
Ronda Miller-Ernest, Bountiful
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