Colorado Gov. Jared Polis and other elected leaders have tweeted about the Boulder shooting, offering condolences and expressing anger. Polis said Monday afternoon is bad with all the Coloradoans and that “Today we saw the face of evil.”
State Representative Tom Sullivan also shared his condolences for the victims and their families and outrage over the events. Sullivan lost his son on the set of the Aurora Theater in 2012. “I just don’t have the words and do my best to keep the strength I’ll need to get through this day. We don’t have to live like this. Do more!” he tweeted.
Rep. Joe Neguse, who is sitting in the Boulder neighborhood, shared sharp words for the tragedy Americans continue to suffer.
“Twenty-one years ago, when I was a young student in Douglas County, I joined many Colorado residents crying over the victims of the terrible Columbine High massacre ten minutes from my high school. Two years ago I felt the fear that so many coloradans I learned about the shooting at Highlands Ranch STEM School, where my niece – a kindergarten – was locked up while we cried over the tragic loss of life, and tonight I mourn the families of my constituents, who went losing his life in another mass shooting “.
“Enough is enough,” he said, in part.
“Americans should feel safe in their grocery stores. They should feel safe in their schools, their cinemas, and their communities. While Congress is committed to taking meaningful measures to prevent gun violence, Americans and coloradans are being murdered before our eyes day after day, year after year. “
It doesn’t have to be that way. There are steps we can take – and must take – to protect our community; common sense proposals, with broad support that will save lives. If we are truly invested in saving lives, we must have the willpower to act and pass a meaningful arms reform. The downtime is over “.
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