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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
CST Editorial Board

Begin the journey — now — to make America safe from assault weapons

Ashbey Beasley, who survived the July 4 mass shooting in Highland Park, speaks at a July 27 press conference in Washington, D.C. Rep. Brad Schneider, D-Ill., joined survivors of the shooting in Highland Park, Parkland, Florida, and Uvalde, Texas to urge the House to vote for an assault weapons ban (Anna Rose Layden/Getty Images)

Bit by bit, year by year, America has put itself in the crosshairs of weapons of war, inviting carnage. In one tragedy after another, increasingly common military-style assault weapons are used to end the lives of unsuspecting innocents.

Now, bit by bit, year by year, America must reverse course. We need not live in a nation where everyone at a church, theater, school, parade or other gathering fears they or their loves ones may be the next to die.

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