Mass shooting in California brings gun violence home
As a kid I watched Westerns on TV where the “bad man/gunman” would suddenly push open the saloon doors, draw his guns and start shooting. I remember consciously thinking that I was glad I didn’t live “in those times.”
Apparently now I do …
Terri Tillis, Greenwood Village
How many more people have to be slaughtered before the Republican Party, the NRA and the gun lovers of this country realize this isn’t working?
What is this sick obsession so many Americans have with guns? We need a culture change. At the very least we need to ban all automatic weapons. The 2nd Amendment has no more application today. It is sick that we live in a nation held hostage by a gun lobby. Guns are big business and people are dying.
Enough. Stop the madness.
Walt Bonora,
We need funding for youth mental health too
Denver recently voted to increase a sales tax for mental health initiatives. The overwhelming support of this ballot initiative is a marker of how many lives are affected by mental health. I don’t need to convince you of that. However, when thinking about the allocation of this funding, I ask that we not forget about Colorado’s youth.
As a pediatrician, every day I see the impact of mental health on our children, whether it is the intentional overdose in the emergency department or the teen that battles with suicidal thoughts and depression in the clinic. I am not alone in seeing this. Colorado teen suicide rate is almost twice the national average. With this increase in funding, we have the opportunity to not only change the trajectory of this statistic but more importantly save
