Gun Safety Persuasive Speech
I would like to begin by thanking Suzann Wilson for making the long trip up here from Arkansas with
her sister to be with us today, so soon after that terrible tragedy.
The real work, of course, must still be done in our homes, beyond law and policy, to the most basic
values of respect, right and wrong, conscience and community, and violence rejected in favor of
nonviolence and communication.
Only parents can remedy what ails children in their heart of hearts. But the rest of us must do our
part to help and must do our part to contain the potential for destructive violence when things fail at
home.
So I say again, this is an issue that has wounded every American in one way or the other. Of the
four women standing to my right, three have lost members of their immediate family because of gun
violence. All of us have grieved with them.
We can do better. This is one big first step.
