MORE THAN "thoughts and prayers"?

 From The Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence:

(BTW: Alabama gets an "F")

"Again and again, commonsense policies prove effective in preventing gun violence. In fact, we’re running out of ways to say the same thing the Gun Law Scorecard shows every year: strong gun laws save lives.

Many states are listening—Colorado, for example, passed a series of lifesaving laws and raised its grade from a B to an A-. But other states weakened existing gun laws and blocked new ones, and it’s reflected in their levels of gun violence: of the 15 states with the highest gun death rates, 12 received Fs for their gun laws. And these indifferent states don’t put only their own residents at risk. Colorado may have an A-, but it borders five states with Fs.

We need leaders to accept that gun violence is preventable, that gun safety laws work, and that all our communities deserve to live free of fear. Only then will we finally put an end to this uniquely American epidemic."