another mass shooting, another elementary school; 19 children, ages 7 through 10, gunned down; two adults killed. They were in our schools--an elementary school, a place that parents send their children expecting it to be a safe zone where they can learn and interact with other children and be safe from things like being attacked and shot. An elementary school we are talking about, the anguish of the families who have lost their children or lost their loved ones. Children who witnessed this will be traumatized for life, scarred by what happened in Texas. And then last week, we saw in Buffalo 10 people gunned down while shopping in a grocery store, very much racially motivated by a White supremacist. This is happening throughout our country. We have had gun violence in Baltimore. A few years ago, we had gun violence at Great Mills High School in Maryland. We are seeing this happen over and over and over again. =========================== NOTE =========================== On page S2732, May 26, 2022, first column, the following appears: A few years ago, we had gun violence at Great Oaks School in Maryland. The online Record has been corrected to read: A few years ago, we had gun violence at Great Mills High School in Maryland. ========================= END NOTE ========================= I and all Marylanders and Americans are sad. We are angry; we are fearful; and we are frustrated.…
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