It’s the same conversation we have every time a maniac with a semi-automatic firearm goes on a rampage.
I want to reassure them that there’s no reason to worry, but can I really do that any more than parents in Parkland could have assured their children they were safe last week? Or a parent in Benton, Ky., three weeks ago? Or parents sending their child to a church in Sutherland Springs, Texas, in November?
I want to convince my kids that someone, somewhere will do something to at least try to decrease the likelihood of mass shootings, but I also need to be honest with them.