Again and Again and a Gun

Been twelve years since I roamed the school hallways
The same old corridors where I once walked as a student
Many years before I was a Teacher's Aide
Before I was a hall monitor and police dogs sniffed
As cops led them past the lockers lining the walls
While the school was placed on lock-down
Hunting for drugs and weapons of anti-education
And every time another school echoes with gunfire
I wonder where the education failed
Not the lessons they got in school, those they didn't get at home
Where were the parents who failed to teach their children self-esteem?
Building character and confidence to stand against cowardly bullies?
Moms and dads can never teach frustrated kids mental health
But they can give guidance to the young minds they create
The sense of right and wrong seems lost on them
My father and mother imparted me with kindness
Dad taught me gun safety and took me target practicing
Before we went hunting together with John and Little Joe
He taught me to respect life and animals, that hunting wasn't about killing
Mom was a nurse who taught me how to care about people I didn't know
So where are the parents when their children and taking guns to school?
Gun owners need locks on their triggers and to unchain their hearts
For if their child isn't getting shot in the next school shooting
They might be the one who stole their gun, whose soul is on the run
How many lives, how many times, again and again and a gun