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Finding comfort
A lone shooter fires an assault rifle randomly into a crowd of innocent people, killing and injuring men, women and children. How many times have we heard that story?
The Highland Park shooter was the classic, deeply troubled bad guy that red flag laws were designed to target and disarm. So, what happened? More urgently, how can we stop this from ever happening again?
I am a third-generation Highland Parker who was at the event.
As I later recall seeing the Highland Park band march by in their blue-and-white uniforms just before shots rang out — and then watch as they, along with everyone else who could, run for their lives — I find comfort in remembering saner times and the school’s fight song:
“Highland Park we’re loyal ever
To your standards we’ll be true
Whether up or whether down
We will smile and never frown
We are proud of you Highland Park”
Phillip Koch, Chicago