Eva M. Clayton: “we are always shocked and stunned by the unexpected, unpredictable, the unimaginable. Perhaps that is why the incident…”

“we are always shocked and stunned by the unexpected, unpredictable, the unimaginable. Perhaps that is why the incident in suburban Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado, 2 days ago has left us dazed and numb. But should this incident have been unexpected? In serene Springfield, Oregon, in friendly, congenial, Paducah, Kentucky, even in the home State of our president, Jonesboro, Arkansas, in fact over the past 38 months eight other major school shootings that have occurred and taken lives of far too many of our youth. Very recently, in fact last week in my home county of North Carolina, a teenager 19 years old shot and killed a deputy sheriff. Earlier this month in my district, Vance County, North Carolina, two twins 11 years old shot their family, killed their father, injured their mother and sister. Madam Speaker, I believe we must search for and find a prescription for peace, both in our lives and in the lives of our children.”