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Letter: Join message to end violence

The Columbian

Published: June 24, 2014, 5:00pm

Not one more. Not one more gun-wielding child or angry, bullied, or sad teen. Not one more Second Amendment screamer proudly holding an AK-47, a Glock, a hunting rifle, or even a slingshot, at this point. Not one more news story about a school shooting.

Don’t you get it? We are bleeding out our futures. I am a mom and I refuse to be silent any longer. It has to stop now. We are better than this.

Sydney Lehman Steen

Newberg, Ore.

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