RE: “Vermont's next gun debate heats up early” [News, Sept. 4]:
The issues surrounding firearms are school issues too!
Around Vermont and the United States, educational districts are being forced to turn our buildings into militarized bunkers.
In a response to conditions totally beyond our control, we are having to terrorize our children with school lockdown drills, and we are spending tens of thousands of dollars or more to harden our schools.
These changes are happening for only one reason: the number and easy availability of firearms.
A school shooting takes much more than a shooter: it takes guns and bullets. It is true that we need to protect ourselves from dangerous people, but we also need to protect ourselves from the surplus of firearms that these dangerous people so easily find and use to create their horror.