So, Halloween’s coming up—and we got an email this week from our daycare/preschool announcing the upcoming Halloween festivities. We can send our kids in the costumes of our choice, so long as we “refrain from bringing weapons to go with the costume.”

I was so relieved to see that a zero-tolerance mentality extends to our daughter’s daycare as well; after all, we live in a crazy world.

In this world of evil people, I breathe a sigh of relief when I know that our nation’s schools—where so many of us entrust our precious children most of the day—are gun-free zones.

I know my relief is shared by the families of the 141 students and faculty “killed in a mass murder or attempted mass murder at a school since Columbine.”

I know my relief is shared by the families of the 235 students and faculty killed in all school shootings since Columbine.

I know my relief is shared by the families of the 334 students and faculty injured in all school shootings since Columbine.

I know my relief is shared by the families of the two children and a teacher in a Townville, South Carolina elementary school who were shot earlier this week.

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