It Is a Choice

I survived Virginia Tech. My daughters practice active shooter drills. This is not a coincidence — it's a policy failure.

On April 16, 2027, I will stand on the House floor and read the names of thirty-two people. And I will ask one question:

Are we finally ready to say enough?

I know that day the way you know the thing that split your life into before and after. It is not a memory I visit. It is a memory that visits me — in dreams, in the wail of a siren, in the moment a ro…