Glen Cove, New York – Assemblymember Charles Lavine (D-North Shore) has issued the following statement in response to the school shooting today at Apalachee High School in Winder, Ga.:

“In the aftermath of today’s tragedy at Apalachee High School in Georgia, we find ourselves yet again grieving with families and loved ones of murdered and wounded children. When will we finally have the courage to end the pandemic of gun violence in our nation? The American culture of the worship of the gun must end.”