Here’s why I’m leading a student march for gun reform | Opinion
Jazmin Cazares of Uvalde, Texas stands in the crowd at the March for Our Lives rally in Austin, Texas on Saturday, June 11, 2022. Cazares’ younger sister, Jackie, was one of the elementary schoolers killed during the shooting at Robb Elementary on May 24. Plano West Senior High School student Sarayu Bellary's essay describes the multi-generational effects of fear of gun violence.
The lives of 19 innocent children and two school teachers were brutally stolen in my home state. Nineteen children lost their lives in a place that was meant to keep them safe and prepare them for the future. Unlike my dad, however, hearing about mass shootings in the news doesn’t surprise me. It certainly terrifies me, but it’s something I’ve come to anticipate: scouting out escape routes in all my classrooms at school, feeling my heart beat a little faster anytime there’s a loud noise in class, wondering if I can even go to my dance studio safely, fearing for my immigrant dad’s life every time he has to make a late night trip to Walmart.
As a 17-year-old girl, it shouldn’t be my job to fight for laws that would keep my own life safe. But am I expected to just sit here when our lawmakers do nothing in the wake of tragedy after tragedy, even going so far as to weaken the existing basic gun safety laws?
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