Jesse Gabriel

The unfortunate reality is that even in houses of worship, thoughts and prayers wont keep us safe, we need more than thoughts and prayers. We need real security and we need the state to step up and play a role in that.

I think it is the most basic and fundamental obligation of government, to protect its citizens, and after what we saw in Pittsburgh at the Tree of Life and after what we saw in New Zealand, we looked at that $500,000 and said, This is insufficient.