Perhaps we are too complacent when we think about the recent school shootings in Florida, Colorado, Connecticut, Texas and now Idaho? There are, sadly, many other states suffering from such violence. We hope it doesn’t happen in your state but hope is not enough to prevent such tragedies.That’s exactly why Mark Barden formed the Sandy Hook promise organization. His son Daniel was one of the 20 students and six adult staffers killed during a shooting in Newtown Connecticut. The shooter  then took his own life. That is the case in many of such acts. I talked to him, and he was outgoing about his personal grieving as well as his commitment to helping students, parents, teachers,and administrators minimize the chance for such tragedies.