We agree with these wise words from former President Obama about the Colorado shootings. We are saddened and determined to seek solutions at the same time.
Michelle and I grieve with the families of the victims of the shooting in Boulder, just as we grieve with the families of the people killed in Atlanta and everyone else who has lost a loved one to gun violence.
We are also grateful for the courage of Officer Eric Talley, who ran into danger to protect others, and we hope his memory and the memory
of all those we’ve lost will not be in vain. Because in addition to grief, we are also feeling a deep, familiar outrage that we as a nation continue to tolerate these kinds of random, senseless acts day in and day out without taking any significant action—an outrage that people in Colorado have known far too often over the years.In so many ways,… More