The gun violence here at home

The nation continues to mourn the loss of 20 “angels” in that horrific school shooting in Newtown, Conn. Six adults also died.

Just a couple weeks later, a man set his house on fire in upstate New York, then waited for volunteer firefighters to arrive. He opened fire on them when they did; two firefighters were killed, two others were wounded.
So far this year there have been 31 homicides in Delaware County. Of those, 23 have occurred in the city of Chester. No other town has had more than one.
Three more people were wounded in a shooting incident Wednesday in the 500 block of East 11th Street in the city. Twenty minutes later, gunfire erupted again, this time at Third and Concord. Two more people were wounded.
Where is the outrage for Chester?
Why are city and county officials not demanding change?
No one want to diminish the loss of a single life.
But we shouldn’t overlook the persistent problem of gun violence, and the havoc it wreaks, right here at home either.