Trinity President Comments on Treyvon Martin

Patricia McGuire has been President of Trinity since 1989.  She earned her bachelor of arts from Trinity and her law degree from the Georgetown.  President McGuire writes and speaks on a wide variety of topics concerning higher education, women and Catholic education, and she post regularly at the Huffington Post.

President McGuire recently weighed in on the tragic shooting of Treyvon Martin, voicing outrage not only at his death, but at the death's of so many children.  She points out,

"Last week, the Children’s Defense Fund released a study that revealed that for the years 2008 and 2009, more children were killed by guns in this country than all of the U.S. military deaths in Iraq and Afghanistan combined. We have a war going on right here, a war in which citizens who are armed-to-the-teeth feel increasingly privileged to shoot other people at will. “Stand your ground” laws give a privileged place to vigilantes at the expense of peace and security for all."

I recommend reading the full post here.