Mike Levin: “Over the course of the next few weeks, the people of my home state of Michigan will memorialize the death of a little…”

“Over the course of the next few weeks, the people of my home state of Michigan will memorialize the death of a little girl named Kayla Rolland. Kayla Rolland was killed by a classmate in their own first-grade classroom at Buell Elementary School near Flint, Michigan almost one year ago. This well publicized school shooting sparked outrage across our state and nation and helped lead hundreds of thousands of mothers to march in Washington for safer gun laws. Over the course of the year, we have learned more details about the shooting of the young girl. Police reports released just a few months ago reveal that the six-year-old boy who shot and killed Kayla had concealed the handgun in his pants pocket. He pulled the gun out of his pocket and pointed it at Kayla, who told the boy, 'Jesus doesn't like you to point guns at someone.' The young boy responded, 'So? I don't like you' and fired the gun that killed the young girl. Just before she collapsed, she turned to her classmate and said, 'I'm going to die.' For Kayla's mother and family, the pain from those few moments will last forever.”