As we move through the holidays and prepare for a new year, most people have the custom of gathering with family and friends. For far too many of us, there will be empty seats at the table as a result of gun violence.
Whether the loss of a loved one to gun violence received less or more attention from media outlets, at the end of the day, every parent, family and friend of those lost must live with the same level of pain, frustration, anguish and tears that can never be reversed. The gun violence epidemic is real. We have to find different ways to protect our young people and keep them from becoming victims of, or perpetrating, gun violence.
We have lost too many people to senseless gun violence. Let’s get serious about real problems and real reforms like those being enacted by Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx and others around the country, who move money and people to focus on violent crimes in the hardest-hit communities.
We want to remind you of the people no longer with us. In their names, we demand that we all stand together for equity, justice and common sense criminal justice reform.
Ronald Holt, Blair Holt family
Cleo Cowley-Pendleton and Nate Pendleton, Hadiya Pendleton family
Martinez Sutton, Rekia Boyd family
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Evangelicals and Trump
It’s always hard to find a commandment that President Trump hasn’t violated. The evangelicals who support him have blackened the name of Christianity. Their support is all about power, not Christian teachings. Perhaps their supporters will fall away from this show of hypocrisy.
Lee Knohl, Evanston
Holiday greetings to all
Christmas is a national holiday, unlike other December holidays which are either religious or ethnic. And most people get a paid day off from work on Christmas.
So I say unabashedly, Merry Christmas to all! Or, maybe you would prefer, Happy Christmas!
Larry Craig, Wilmette
