To my Republican friends: Reflections from a rally after the Nashville school shooting

<p>A senior in high school talked about being afraid to go to school, and how horrifying it is to be downtown begging legislators to protect him &mdash;&nbsp;<strong>in the exact same spot his sister stood five years ago</strong>. She was a senior at the time, and she skipped school to do the same thing after a different mass shooting.</p> <p>An 8-year-old girl simply&nbsp;<a href="https://ovr.govote.tn.gov/" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">asked people to vote</a>.</p> <p>But one of the speakers that stuck with me most was&nbsp;<a href="https://atlasproject.org/maryamabolfazli" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Maryam Abolfazli</a>. She&rsquo;d been inside legislative plaza, and she spoke about overhearing legislators saying, &ldquo;I can&rsquo;t do anything,&rdquo; and,&nbsp;<strong>&ldquo;This is why I homeschool my kids.&rdquo;</strong>&nbsp;Obviously, both sentiments are infuriating. If you can&rsquo;t do anything, why did you run? The other &hellip; I can&rsquo;t even begin to tackle.</p> <p><a href="https://ashleybrantley.medium.com/to-my-republican-friends-reflections-from-a-rally-after-the-nashville-school-shooting-2a2b29d6810a"><strong>Visit Now</strong></a></p>