beggars-opera:

I apologize to all the high school students out there for not taking a stand on gun violence when I myself was in high school. We had, in a sense, the same fears you did. In the aftermath of Columbine, of Virginia Tech, we had the knowledge that this could happen again. We had escape plans in our heads if not in our school handbooks. We contemplated the danger but felt powerless to stop it.  

You have realized your own power. You are not afraid to use it.

I stand with you.

Give ‘em hell.