think about, the idea that we ve got the fear of thinking about the place that used to be just a school, a place where we re just looking for refuge for our children to learn. the role of a school is no longer the same. the idea of looking at teachers and parent-teacher conferences and wondering what s on the mind, what s in the heart is so terrifying as a mother, as a human being. i honestly remember when my daughter was in kindergarten and she was so excited to show me her desk and i remember thinking, no, it s right in front of the door. no. these are things you think about and not wanting to move my child because that meant that someone else s kid might be in harm s way and wonder what you do with it. this is what parents are thinking about in these days and since sandy hook and columbine and beyond, will my child be safe from a school shooter. the children and the teachers. of course. the teachers have had such a hard time lately and everyone s complaining, the tea
me. i don t know if that will of happen in the united states but to restrict assault-style weapons or at least raise the age of those able to buy them legally i think is something we should look at in this country. yeah, i do, too. the uvalde incident and the one in buffalo, both have a little piece that has to do with social media, whether people want to realize it or not. i feel if peel cople can be a le more vigilant if they see something on that might not be right or somebody messages, do whatever you have to do to raise awareness, call 911 or do something. it goes hand in hand. aaron, we ve been thinking about you and we re going to be thinking specifically about you
agree. government is about power. government is not just another word for things we do together. the reason we have limited government in america is because we believe in freedom. we believe in souls. we believe in persuasion. we believe in love. and those things aren t done by power. but the government acts by power. we should be reticent to use power. so it means when you differ about power, you have to have a debate and this institution is supposed to be dedicated to debate and should be based on the premise we know since we don t all agree we should try to constrain that power just a little bit but then we should have a vote in front of the american people and then what happens. the people get to decide whether they want to hire us or fire us. they don t have to hire us again. this body is the political branch where policy making fights should happen. and if we are the easiest people to fire, it means the only way the peel cople can maintain pown our system is if all the