Five years ago, Sandy Hook shook the nation. People watched the national coverage of the massacre that targeted elementary aged children, many as young as 5 years old. I thought then, that the American people would never let a child stare down the end of a barrel again. Sadly, I was gravely mistaken. Since Sandy Hook, five years ago, 7,000 more children have died from gun violence in the United States. Since Columbine, 187,000 students have been exposed to gun violence in their school. The United States is a nation of trauma—a nation in perpetual grief. Too many parents never get to see their children grow up—never to see their child get their first job, drive their first car, or walk at their high school graduation. Apathy can no longer be