Posted May 10, 2019 8:30 am by Comments

By Tom Knighton

The STEM School Highlands Ranch shooting was still fresh in everyone’s memories. Students, families, and teachers were still trying to process just what the hell happened. They no doubt thought a vigil would help, would allow them to mourn as a community.

What they walked into, however, was a gun control rally.

To their credit, the students pushed back. As well they should.

Now, the group who thought this kind of thing was a good idea has apologized.

Muellenberg explained that the Team Enough group viewed the St. Andrew vigil as a more intimate, smaller service centered on the STEM families, while they envisioned theirs as one geared for the community at large. They weren’t expecting many STEM students or their families to attend, figuring this close to the tragedy, many would prefer the smaller St. Andrew vigil, she said.

She said her team tried every contact they had for STEM families, asking if any wanted to speak.

“The ones we did get in touch were very much emphatic ‘No, thank yous,’ which we totally understand,” she said.

The national Brady United organization issued an apology Thursday morning, saying the vigil was supposed to be about supporting the community.

“Brady has always been and …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms

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