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.”
Assemblymember Charles Lavine represents New York’s 13th Assembly District in Nassau County. He presently serves as Chair of the Judiciary Committee and is a member of the Committees on Codes, Ethics and Guidance, Insurance and Rules. Lavine previously served as Chair of the Election Law Committee, Chair of the Committee on Ethics and Guidance, co-Chair of the New York State Legislative Ethics Commission, and as Chair of the bipartisan Taskforce that produced the Assembly Speaker’s Policy on Sexual Harassment, Retaliation and Discrimination. Lavine is also President of the New York Chapter of the National Association of Jewish Legislators and a member of its National Board of Directors.
