Congress must find a way to make sure our children do not go hungry during this government shutdown because if it does not, our communities will face the prospect of more hunger and more violence.

A study from the University of Michigan found that 1 in 3 U.S. Homes with a child under the age of 18 have a firearm, and 45 percent of those firearms are unlocked.

With Back-to-School season already bringing a surge of gun violence in schools, Teachers Unify to End Gun Violence is encouraging prosecutors to hold parents accountable in cases where students bring unsecured firearms to school. 

With some two-thirds of school shootings involving a gun that was not properly secured in the home, we don't need a court to make change. We just need to secure our guns at home.

Guns are the leading cause of death for children in America, and by making it easier for firearms to become even more lethal, I worry that school shootings will become even more deadly. Only the gun industry will benefit from this outrageous decision by the Department of Justice.

[Our students] deserved a safe classroom environment in elementary and high school, and they deserve a safe learning environment at college,” said Clements.

The passage of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Act was incredibly important because it meant that we had taken a small but vital step forward in keeping guns out of the hands of young people.