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Ryan Petty, who lost his 14-year-old daughter Alaina in the 2018 Parkland shooting, spoke out against gun control in an interview with Fox News Digital and called instead for armed security and active shooter drills to help protect students.NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles!
I had the opportunity to testify before the United States Congress last week. I was a witness at a hearing for the House Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government.
As I read my opening statement, I described several of the investigations I participated in as an FBI Special Agent. When I looked down at my prepared remarks and saw the words, "Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Parkland, Florida," tears came to my eyes and my voice cracked and quivered. I could not contain my raw emotion as the memories of that horrific day unexpectedly came rushing back.
Five years after this tragic event, it still pierces my soul knowing that each of the victim’s families has a wound that will likely never heal.
As a law enforcement officer mental toughness is essential but so is offering empathy and compassion towards those we serve. I never wanted to get to the point where I became hardened or numb to feeling the gravity of the work I performed. Throughout the course of my FBI career, I was tough yet managed to remain tender-hearted.
FATHER OF PARKLAND SHOOTING VICTIM SPEAKS OUT ON TRAGIC ANNIVERSARY: 'CRIMINALS DON’T OBEY GUN LAWS'
The week before the Parkland school shooting tragedy was a busy time for FBI Miami. The FBI Director was coming to town to speak at a large scale public Diversity Agent Recruitment Event at a local hotel in Fort Lauderdale. Potential FBI agent candidates were invited.
FILE – Linda Beigel Schulman, Michael Schulman, Patricia Padauy Oliver and Fred Guttenberg, family members of the victims, hug inside the courtroom for an expected verdict in the penalty phase of the trial of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooter Nikolas Cruz at the Broward County Courthouse in Fort Lauderdale, Florida on October 13, 2022. - Cruz, who shot and killed 17 people at a Florida high school in 2018, planned and carried out a "systematic massacre," a prosecutor arguing for the death penalty said.
