Author: Nicole Bitette / Source: NY Daily News
Kelly Ripa delivered a powerful stance on gun control Thursday morning as she continued to think of the tragic shooting at a Parkland, Fla. high school that left 17 people dead.
Ripa, 47, told the audience that as a mother of three she had to “talk her kids off a ledge” in the morning because they were afraid to go to school.
“I said to my kids follow the instructions you have these drills in place … unfortunately my kids have grown up having these drills in place,” she explained. “The fact that our country has such unparalleled mass shooter violence is staggering to me, so somebody needs to have a conversation that is larger than in this moment.”
The TV host said that she could not imagine the parents and loved ones of those lost in the school shooting were feeling and noted that as “creatures of empathy,” people often put themselves in the shoes of those suffering a tragedy.
She also shared that many people might tell her to “shut up” as a talk show host, who shouldn’t comment on such things, but as a mother, she felt she had a right.
“This morning as I was trying to explain to my kids that you…
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