America's "gun problem" according to writer Stephen King

Thought for the day

Best selling author Stephen King recently penned a provocative opinion essay in the New York Times entitled, "18 More Deaths From Our Gun Addiction."  

According to Katherine Schweit, a retired FBI agent who ran the bureau's active shooter program, which was created after the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre, King’s frustration with gun violence and his feelings of helplessness are not unique; rather, they are born more from exhaustion than reality.

Schweit rejects King's view that “there is no solution to the gun problem.”  She argues that today's gun problem is just that:  a problem to be solved.  In her words, "Just as we created that problem, we can change it."  I agree.  Once, again, here's how:

President Biden needs to convene a gun summit at Camp David with representatives from the National Rifle Association, 2nd Amendment proponents, law enforcement officials and families of victims in attendance.  Not only will these participants break bread together, it's expected they will finally talk "with" each other (instead of "at" each other).  In the end, a Camp David summit will result in new, commonsense gun safety measures that Congress can approve.

Both Stephen King and Katherine Schweit present valuable insights for each of us to consider.  So does a Camp David gun summit.

-DF