While the senseless massacre of six- and seven-year-olds in Newtown, Conn., was horrific, it shouldn’t shock us. According to Marian Wright Edelman of the Children’s Defense Fund, nearly 120,000 children and teens have died due to gun violence since 1979. That’s about 10 dead children a day, every day, for the last 32 years. Apparently, this is our new normal.A new CDF report, “Protect Children, Not Guns,” released last week focuses on the risks of gun violence to children and makes a case for reasonable gun legislation as a matter of public health. I urge you to go to www.childrensdefense.org …

