I was in Florida just a few miles down the road from the Parkland shooting and cannot begin to describe the abject terror and horror that we all experienced. The idea that these children were being subjected to such a heinous occurrence is beyond comprehension when all I had to worry about were good grades and a date to the prom.
Now, in the age of apathetic voters, these students are setting a perfect example for us all by going out and actively endeavoring to make this a safer world for our children and are being harassed by the Utah Gun Exchange. These are “adult” men going after a bunch of kids who have been through hell. In the name of the First Amendment, I feel that the Gun Exchange are taking their actions to a new level of bullying and should be ashamed.
These young people need all the support they can get, and we need to show them Utah is the home of love — not AR-15s.
Some weeks ago The Tribune published a picture of a man grinning like a Cheshire cat and holding an AR-15. I wondered at his expression if that gun were aimed at him or his loved ones.
There, but for the grace of God, go I.
Beverly Lauro, Sandy