Another horrific school shooting and all we get from politicians is meaningless, do-nothing rhetoric while our youth fear for their lives just to be in school. Although heart-wrenching and tragic, school shootings are only part of this nationwide menace. Some 90 of us are killed by guns daily, but instead of action, we’re fed innocuous pablum from the NRA handbook.

Clearly, the sanctity of life has no value for the NRA, its bribed lackeys in Congress and gun rights extremists. For them, gun deaths, wounded bodies, unspeakable anguish, devastated families and communities are collateral damage — losses we must endure so that gun manufacturers can boost their profits and heartless politicians can extend their careers. For them, Second Amendment “rights” exceed our right to life.

This insanity must stop. With common-sense, we can regulate guns and honor the Second Amendment. Hawaii and Canada, which have the same social ills as the U.S. mainland, have strict gun laws and their gun murder rates are about one-seventh our national average. Connecticut strengthened its gun laws and gun homicides decreased 40 percent. Many examples prove gun regulation is effective.

This November, let’s vote for candidates who value our lives.

Andrew Kramer, Ivins