The events and subsequent revelations of the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre leave us gasping in horror, momentarily speechless. “There are no words…” seemed to be the collective sentiment of so many. But as we emerge from our shock, we realize that there are words. Lots of them. We, as a nation, simply choose not to listen.
"A nation's greatness is measured by how it treats its weakest members," said Mahatma Ghandi.
Our weakest members include our children, our citizens with mental health issues, our poor, our sick, our disabled, our elderly – our friends and families and neighbors.
Those of us who work at Juvenile Law Center grieve deeply for the families of the Newtown children who were so brutally murdered. Â We are sadly reminded of members of the Juvenile Law Center family who were murdered by gun violence this past year.