Letter-writer Russell Dejulio’s idea is to lock down schools like they are Fort Knox (“Solution to school shootings,” May 26, TribLIVE). Armed guards, metal detectors, allowing teachers to carry guns. That’s like putting a Band-Aid on major surgery. What happened to the “land of the free”? The United States is the only civilized country to have so many school shootings.
The Second Amendment should have been eliminated hundreds of years ago. It’s an antiquated law that’s been abused by gun lobbyists.
Most Republicans want to take away a woman’s right to have a medical procedure but don’t want their right to carry a gun taken away. They seem to care more for an unborn fetus than a living and breathing human being killed by a gun. My country, the “land of the free,” is being held hostage by denying me access to go shopping or to a theater, house of worship or school, or even to walk down the street without being afraid of getting shot.
I am truly ashamed of this country and to say I’m an American. Hopefully the tragedy in Texas will turn the tide and wake up the country to stop this from happening again. May God bless the USA.
Marlene Butler
Hempfield