If there is anything that can influence on public opinion about the need for a more rational approach to gun laws, I do not know what it is. The number of children shot this year, 2018, across the country is staggering. As of February 5th, when we were only 36 days into the new year, there have been 94 children shot in 57 separate incidents, and 30 children are dead. Almost one a day. Then there are those who do not get shot or killed, but watch someone shoot and kill people around them. They fear for their lives, they question what they could have done, some will have survivor guilt, some will have lost friends or classmates. The violence just ripples out across a school and a community. But as far as I can tell, nothing changes that. The singularly incorrect interpretation of what the 2nd amendment means just keeps on wrecking loss across our country and absolutely nothing changes that. We as citizens do not demand a change, and our bought and paid for by special interest elected officials will certainly do nothing until their very jobs are at stake. So we live with this as our unique reality in an otherwise first world country.
This film, nominated in the Short Action film category, is a reenactment of an averted school shooting. It will not likely change any minds, but it is a powerful statement none-the-less.
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