Letter to the editor

Lack of control not an excuse for inaction

I am writing this letter in regard to the Oct. 29 article titled, “All Things Cannot be Controlled.” I found it very interesting that the author tries to justify the fact that “school shootings happen” and there’s really nothing we can do to stop them. After witnessing a similar situation at a high school campus myself, I find it hard to believe that things cannot be done and security measures cannot be increased to prevent this type of atrocity. It is my opinion that the inconvenience of waiting a couple extra minutes to go through a metal detector supremely outweighs the superficial idea that bad things happen all the time and it is our place as human beings to accept it. Next time something bad happens to our country maybe we should just stop and not do anything about it, and apply the idea that “all things cannot be controlled” to our everyday lives.

— Justin Time
Cal State Long Beach

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