Gun-violence prevention and leadership
At a recent fundraising event for SD4GVP, Wendy Wheatcroft, one of the coalition’s founders, offered her perspective on leadership. It is surreal to stand up here and witness our success. It is humbling to continue to be a part of it. It is hard to find words that I...
What Does an Unstable NRA Really Mean for Gun Violence Prevention?
With the political maelstrom that will be 2020 just two short months away, Americans on both sides of the gun control debate are tuning in to see what new ideas President Trump’s Democratic challengers will bring to the table. As deaths from gun violence continue to...
A Day at the Crossroads Gun Show in Del Mar
Above, Rep. Mike Levin (D-CA50) addresses opponents of the gun show at the Del Mar Fairgrounds. The Crossroads of the West Gun Show made its return to San Diego’s Del Mar Fairgrounds after a U.S. District Court judge issued an injunction allowing the show to continue...
The Lockdown Generation
My son is 9. He told me he practices not crying during the drills because crying gives away your hiding spot. — Red The names we choose for each generation often speak to our nation’s history. After the war-winning Greatest Generation came the Baby Boomers. Then came...
Don’t tell your teenagers about guns. Ask them.
When your kids were four or five years old, discussions about guns were easier. Good guys, bad guys, yes, no… we could keep the rules simple. “Guns are dangerous.” Period. And if the situation ever got less clear, our advice was “When in doubt, ask a grown-up.” The...
Hoping The Joker Doesn’t Get Too Wild
It’s truly sad that movie theaters have been a soft target since the 2012 mass shooting in Aurora, Colorado, during a screening of “The Dark Knight Rises,” a Batman movie. But it’s downright depressing when your friend’s teenage daughter, who enjoys her part-time job...
Carl DeMaio’s plan for guns is irresponsible and dangerous
The indictment of Rep. Duncan Hunter has brought scandal to the historically stable 50th Congressional District that encompasses Alpine, Escondido, Julian and most of eastern San Diego County. As one of only seven districts under GOP control, the 50th represents an...
The Activism Marathon
We've all been there — frustrated that things aren't happening fast enough when it comes to gun violence prevention (GVP). But the recent announcement from the Kroger Family of Companies reminded me that while things might not be happening overnight, they are...
Let’s be honest and call this terrorism
This letter to the editor ran in an op-ed feature of the San Diego Union-Tribune on Sep 7, 2019 Terrorism used to be something that happened on the news, in movies or video games. As a child, I couldn’t comprehend it. I knew that living in the United States...
For your children’s sake, ask about guns
This letter to the editor ran in an op-ed feature of the San Diego Union-Tribune on Sep 7, 2019 Do you keep guns in your house? Your kids are going to meet new kids as the new school year gets underway. They’ll want to go to one another’s homes to play, study and...
Team Enough Commitment to End Gun Violence
"Team Enough Central San Diego is devastated by the mass shootings that have plagued our nation in recent months and by the senseless violence that takes lives in communities every day. We will continue to fight for effective policies that can be implemented on a...
Why We (Still) Work to End Gun Violence
What is it like in 2018 to work to end gun violence, to promote laws that keep firearms out of the hands of people who shouldn’t have them? It is an exercise in threadbare hope swimming upstream against raw experience. Let me try to give you an idea. The executive...