I’m Republican. I Appreciate Assault Weapons. And I Support a Ban.<br />I know that no single action can prevent a truly determined person from committing mass murder,<br />and I am aware of other ways to commit mass murder, such as bombings and mass vehicular slaughter.<br />Making substantial resources available to schools, at their discretion, for security measures, including the opportunity to purchase enhanced<br />security screening, install classroom panic buttons wired directly to law enforcement and hire additional school resource officers.<br />and state agencies accountable for their failures to identify a threat like Nikolas Cruz, as well as ensuring<br />that schools enforce basic security protocols to prevent access by unauthorized personnel.<br />My rifle was very similar to the AR-15-style semiautomatic weapon used to kill students, teachers<br />and a coach I knew at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., where I once lived.<br />And I know that my community, our schools and public gathering places are not made safer<br />by any person having access to the best killing tool the Army could put in my hands.<br />My grandfather bought me my first NRA membership when I was young,<br />and I have the same pride he and many Americans feel at being responsible gun owners, becoming excellent marksmen and joining in the camaraderie of hunting.
