“When I was the same age as the children in Uvalde, my father taught me to stand for the pledge of allegiance when I believed my country was representing its people well or to protest and stay seated when it wasn’t.
We aren’t free when politicians decide that the lobbyist and gun industries are more important than our children’s freedom to go to the school without needing bulletproof backpacks and active shooter drills,” he continued.
The incident happened on Tuesday when an 18-year-old gunman killed 19 children and two adults at the elementary school in Uvalde.
