Blair Holt Bill

Over spring break I did not have the opportunity to participate in Alternative Spring Break but a friend of mine did. Her name is Diamond, she is from Detroit Michigan. She participated in Alternative Spring Break in my home town of Chicago, Illinois. Her job there was to pass a bill that would help negate the ever increasing activities involving gun violence which has been tearing the city apart. Many people have died because of the senseless acts involving gun violence within the pass few years, many innocent have died for no reason at all. The name of the bill they are passing was named after Blair Holt. Blair Holt attended Julian High School on the South Side of Chicago. One day after school, he was gunned down on his bus on the way home. He jumped in front of a bullet meant for someone else. He is a hero. Though I did not know Blair personally, I have several friends that were really close to him. It is evident how great of a person he was when I hear my friends talking about him. It is amazing how many lives he touched before he was murdered. It greatly saddens me when I see so much talent and such a good, soulful person life get taken away. They say the good die young. The increase in murders by gun violence is greatly increasing. It seems as though a Chicago Public School student is killed every other week. I pray that this bill gets passed in the memory of Blair Holt. http://sports.espn.go.com/outdoors/hunting/news/story?id=3899236