I'd like to add my heartfelt congratulations for your tremendous efforts over the past five years and your dedication to the cause. I'd like to talk to you this morning about the problem of children and violence in the United States. The statistics are chilling. Sometimes, like after the tragedy at Columbine High School, we try to come to grips with this crisis. That's when the finger-pointing starts.
Guns are to blame.
Parents are to blame. TV and movies. Inadequate school security. The list goes on and on. There's probably some truth in all of these.