I join all of you and all people who love peace and humanity in sending our thoughts and prayers to the good people of El Paso and Dayton this morning. We woke up to hear the shocking news of yet another domestic terror mass shooting in Dayton in the space of only a few hours after the terror attack and act of white supremacy in El Paso, which follows the recent mass shooting in Gilroy, CA. Just as we pray, we also know that we must act. While hate and evil may never be completely eliminated from our world, how many mass murders will it take before we all understand that weapons of warfare like AK-47s, AR-15s, and other assault weapons and high capacity ammunition magazines have no place in civilian society? The Dayton shooter murdered 9 people and injured 27 others in LESS THAN 60 SECONDS because he used weapons that should not be legal anywhere in our nation. I’m preaching to the choir here in Maryland, but can we reach our neighbors and politicians across the nation who continue to believe that the availability of these weapons of mass destruction have nothing to do with the devastation that we are witnessing this morning? Can we convince our President and others like him to stop stoking and failing to condemn white supremacy and racism against communities of color? We must continue to search for answers to these questions. Consider joining the Brady Campaign Against Gun Violence at www.bradyunited.org or March for Our Lives at www.marchforourlives.com or similar efforts to make common sense federal gun safety laws a reality. Will new laws totally solve the problem of gun violence? Of course not. Individual gun violence unrelated to mass shootings continues to plague many of our communities across our nation. But that is no excuse for inaction in the face of more and more frequent mass terror attacks that are literally ripping families apart. I pray that God brings comfort to the families and communities who lost loved ones or were injured in this weekend’s tragic violence.