Keep our children safe

Keep our children safe

EDITOR:

Like many Americans on both sides of the various issues we face today, I have hopes and dreams for our country. Lately I have become outraged over one issue that surely no citizen can take a stand against. Why can’t America be a safe place for our children to live?

Everyday on television, in newspapers and on the internet: another child murdered, another child beaten, another child raped. It may be a parent, a babysitter, a neighbor, a family friend, or a stranger. It may be an alcoholic, a drug addict, or an already registered sex offender. I really no longer care who it is — I am sick of it. I want it to stop. I want to be able to say that these crimes cannot be committed in America. I want to truthfully tell my grandchildren that they are safe. Why on earth is that too much to ask? What can be done? Who can do it? I’m in. Let’s find a way.

Our country should be safe for our children. This should be our first dream for America.

DARLA BEACH

Girard