After reading the opinions in letters published March 29 (“Believes NRA has been stigmatized”) and April 9 (“Must demand changes now on gun control”), as well as many other points of view on the youth of today, and their activism, I am moved to write.
I’m kind of old. I can’t always remember what I had for breakfast, but for some odd reason, I vividly remember the voices of the “younger generation” back in the 1960s and 1970s decrying the mistreatment of our black American citizens and the denial of their civil rights.
I also remember the division, hatred, anger and pain that we all suffered during the protests, marches and misery of the Vietnam War.
As I recollect, it was the defiant, aggressive voices of students who were also putting their lives on the line for justice and what is now generally accepted as the American way. It took a bit of time for the elders to hear their voices clearly. Gradually they did hear.
Maybe we should now take a listen and perhaps a lesson from our precious, enlightened children.
It may be cheaper in the long run, emotionally and monetarily, if we listened and took action now.
Patrick Callinan
Haydenville