There’s something uniquely American about the Second Amendment right to bear arms. No other country in the world enshrines such a right. And, heartbreakingly, there’s also something uniquely American about our children practicing “run, hide, defend” drills at school in the event of an active shooter.

This morning, my 7-year-old daughter told me about her drill. She told me that her class has to be the fastest because they’re the first classroom on campus. She asked me, “What happens if we’re not the fastest and someone was there to hurt them?” Then she told me, with the kind of blind faith only a child can have, that her teacher said she would protect them. (We do not deserve teachers!)

No one and nothing prepares you for that conversation as a parent. And no matter how much I want to, I

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