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Author’s Note

My purpose for writing this book is twofold: first, to relate the devastating effect of gun violence on the life of my daughter, our family, and friends who loved her and by so doing to raise readers’ consciousness of the easy accessibility of guns and how they can end up in the wrong hands, either by accident or willful action, and second, to prevent tragedies such as our family experienced.

The primary focus of this book is to tell you about our daughter Susie who was brutally murdered, another victim of the scourge of the illegal possession of guns. The reader may ask why there isn’t more information about the two young thugs who committed the crime in order to show the contrast between integrity and depravity. Though it was clear the perpetrators were out to break into homes and steal, no other information about their lives or family background was made available to help us analyze the reasons for their perversity. This information was unobtainable.

Even if such information had been offered, I still would have chosen to emphasize instead the life of a caring individual, my daughter, whom I’ve described from varying points of view in order to give the reader a clear understanding of the tragic consequences of gun violence. Insight into the perpetrators’ personalities, family lives, and reasons for committing such a heinous crime became less important than a focus on guns, their easy accessibility, and their illegal possession which together cause instant, unwarranted destruction and heartbreaking human loss.