Don't know who needs to hear this and I don't even know who will read it here, but I need to get this off my chest.

As you know, last year in Uvalde, Texas, police cowered outside of a classroom for almost an hour while a killer armed with an assault rifle continued to terrorize and butcher little schoolchildren on the other side of an unlocked door.  In other words, alleged "good guys with guns" either couldn't or wouldn't stop a bad guy with a gun.

Last week, after a gunman armed with an assault rifle killed 11 people and wounded at least 10 more in a ballroom in Monterey Park, California, he appeared at another ballroom still armed and apparently intent on killing more. A brave, unarmed civilian fought him and wrestled the gun away and saved the lives of people there before the killer escaped.  In other words, a good guy without a gun stopped a bad guy with a gun.

Guns don't stop or prevent gun violence.  Good guys can, and they don't need guns to do it.