A National Conversation on How We Can Prevent Gun Deaths and Injuries
Personal Stories & Tributes
Tribute to Carol and Richard Dimitroff
After being stalked by an ex-boyfriend, Raymond Caron of Bath, ME, my sister, Carol, obtained a restraining order. Ray Caron was diagnosed as dangerous, especially if armed. My siblings lived in Ft. Myers, Florida at the time. On December 5, 1985, Ray Caron took my brother as hostage so that my sister would open the [...]
Tribute to Judith Foglesong Kangilaski
My sister was murdered in 1991. The gunman who killed her in her own home was never apprehended. She never had the opportunity to meet her five grandchildren and they never knew the talented woman who could have taught them so much. Her younger daughter died of leukemia three years ago on the night before [...]
Tributes to DreShawn Cooper
DreShawn was a talented smart loving father of 1 and was only 4 short days away from welcoming his son to this world when he was shot in the head and his lifeless body dumped on a side street blocks from his home. Unbeknownst to many, Dre was a gentle yet trusting young man who [...]
Tribute to Columbine
My community hungers for peace and justice and this has been congruent within my spiritual life journey. I am reminded of gun violence daily as my workplace has a sign that states our agency name “bans guns from these premises.” When I was invited by our youth ministry coordinator, Paul, to the 10th Anniversary Columbine Gun Violence [...]
Tribute to Lional E.L. Whiteside and “Big” Lionel Whiteside
It has been over 16 yrs. 16 yrs of pain…16 yrs of tears! I gained strength beyond to keep alive the Memory of Lionel, my Son. Lionel was shot and murdered inside of the car by the so called friends he was riding with. He was murdered on my Father’s 66th Birthday and 12 days [...]
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