On Anniversary of Virginia Tech Shooting, Freedom States Alliance and GunFreeKids Urge Keeping Guns Off College Campuses
On the one-year anniversary of the Virginia Tech shootings, Americans need to take stock of what can be done to prevent such horrific acts of violence from happening again.
Despite the fact that 32 innocent students and professors lost their lives at the hands of gunman Seung Hui-Cho on April 16, 2007, little has been done in response to stem the tide of violence at America's schools and colleges.
In February, during one week alone, deadly and near deadly shootings occurred at four different schools in the U.S. leaving 9 innocent people dead and 17 wounded.
Instead of proposing tighter gun laws whenever terrible shootings like these occur, Andy Pelosi of GunFreeKids notes that "there is a deafening silence from our political leaders, and a loud call to arms from the gun lobby who would like Americans to believe that arming students and faculty is the most effective way to prevent tragedies from happening on our campuses."
Freedom States Alliance (FSA) and GunFreeKids (GFK) are joining together to oppose the sentiments of the gun lobby and those politicians that seek to solve a problem with more violence. In fact, we know that more guns only mean more death and injury -- plain and simple.
To get this message across, FSA and GFK are urging students from across the country to help spread the word about the real dangers of guns on campus.
Go to the FSA April 16 news release to find out more about what you can do. You can also visit the home site of Freedom States Alliance.
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