Parents of Yarmouth officer killed in the line of duty pen op-ed with Elizabeth Warren on Kavanaugh nomination
“Their work is made exponentially harder and more dangerous by the weapons of war that have flooded our communities."
The parents of Yarmouth Police Sgt. Sean Gannon — who was shot and killed in the line of duty in April — are calling for the Senate to reject the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court, calling him a “pro-gun judicial extremist.”
Yarmouth Police Sgt. Sean Gannon, killed in the line of duty April 12, 2018.
In a Boston Globe op-ed, co-written with Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren, Denise and Patrick Gannon say that the nominee’s “disregard for common-sense gun safety” is what “hits closest to home” for them and others who have lost loved ones to gun violence.
“Law-enforcement officers like Sean risk their lives each day and night to keep the public safe,” the Gannons wrote in their piece with Warren. “Their work is made exponentially harder and more dangerous by the weapons of war that have flooded our communities. Republicans are on the cusp of confirming to the Supreme Court a nominee with a radical interpretation of the Second Amendment, a judge who has refused to acknowledge the difference between a handgun or hunting rifle safely stored in someone’s home and an assault weapon that can kill dozens of people in seconds.”
Their 32-year-old son was fatally shot while serving a warrant in Marstons Mills.
The Gannons wrote that every American who wants to keep communities safe from gun violence “should be concerned by Judge Kavanaugh’s record on gun safety.”
“We want to honor Sean’s memory and the memories of countless individuals who have been killed or permanently harmed by gun violence by fighting for meaningful steps and safeguards to stop the scourge of gun violence plaguing our communities,” they wrote. “That is one good reason, among many, that the Senate must reject Judge Kavanaugh’s nomination.”
Read the full op-ed at the Globe.
