Likewise, I come at this as a father, grandfather, and educator responsible for other people’s children. Having safer schools may hit us all in the wallet through higher taxes to pay for the security we say we want. Congress and our state legislatures face the challenge of making schools safer from gun violence and those lawmakers must somehow find the political courage to risk alienating the gun lobby. I had a chance conversation with a sitting Supreme Court justice at an art gallery opening in Jackson, Mississippi on March 31, 2001. In talking with Scalia, it became obvious that he loved both the fine arts and rural Mississippi hunting pleasures with nearly equal passions.

Source: ABC News June 01, 2022 12:09 UTC