I’m flying out to Parkland, Florida on Thursday. The courageous and articulate witnesses of the atrocity deserve an extravagant demonstration of support.

And it is time for me to demonstrate my strength to those that seek to trivialize them. I know how hard it is to maintain composure in the face of indifference to sorrow, and I am going to try to cast a net of compassion over them.

Ultimately, I believe that we have a right that completely supersedes the Second Amendment: to live in a world of peace, in which any celebration of the instruments and methods of death is recognized as a perverse cult. There is no reason why those of us desiring to live harmoniously should suffer as doormats for those that don’t.