A Student’s Voice for Gun Control

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/22/opinion/student-gun-control.html

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To the Editor:

Re “Educators Face Daunting Role: Student Shield” (front page, Feb. 20):

I am a high school student. Teachers are doing more than they have signed up for, but where is our government, the leading protector of our freedoms?

The students of America have gained their own platform, voicing their views for all to hear, while the National Rifle Association acts as a puppeteer behind the scenes with our politicians.

Now is the time to better protect the people and children of this country. Yes, people have the right to bear arms, but is a child’s freedom not more important than another’s hobby?

The shootings this year and in the past have proved that the United States needs a reform of its gun laws. These new reforms might just let another child stay in his mother’s arms.

KENNEDY MATTES, CINCINNATI