My nephew, Elliot Rosenberg, graduated from the University of Colorado Boulder.

We had this correspondence today.

SR: I assume you’re familiar with the shopping center where the shooting took place. 

ER: I’m very familiar with it. It’s crazy, but these shootings are a part of life now.

 I’m reminded of Ted Kennedy’s eulogy of his brother Robert: “He saw wrong and tried to right it.”

That’s what we do as legislators. We try to solve problems.

A solution can be found.  A compromise can be reached.  The votes must be there.

Twenty first graders died at Sandy Hook.

The Congress failed to act.

Eight people died in Atlanta last week.  Ten people died in Boulder yesterday.

These shootings should not be a part of life now.