by Leesa Ross | Mar 19, 2022 | family, gun locks, safety
We need to focus not only on our English-speaking communities, but also on our Spanish speakers. I get requests from many media outlets — the news website Reform Austin, Spectrum News, and Fox7Austin. But I also get requests from Spanish media platforms like...
by Leesa Ross | Jan 13, 2021 | family, safety
A Mother’s Story: Why We Need Lethal Violence Protective Orders By Leslie Ervin My son Lex started buying guns on his 18th birthday. He was diagnosed with Autism when he was eight, and in his teens became increasingly reclusive and isolated. Lex refused to be...
by Leesa Ross | Jul 30, 2020 | family, safety
Last weekend my mother-in-law came for a visit. She’s in her eighties and lives in Tyler, Texas. Genie doesn’t like to drive alone anymore so she brought her friend Regina with her. She also gets nervous about driving through Austin, so Randy and I met them at a...
by Leesa Ross | Oct 14, 2019 | family, safety, Uncategorized
The police officer didn’t have much time for her call to me, even though she was the one who called. That’s how calls can go when they prevent things from happening. She was standing in the way of safety, though, letting Austin police policy prevent guns...
by Leesa Ross | Jul 22, 2018 | family, meetings, safety
Do you remember the peacock story from my last blog? Did you know that only males are actually peacocks? They’re not born with fancy feathers, they grow them as they get older. They can fly. I knew the last one because I’ve seen that peacock on the rooftop...
by Leesa Ross | Jan 26, 2018 | book, college, family, memoir, safety, Uncategorized
The NRA wants to give me guns as sweepstakes prize. They do have a prize in the sweepstakes I would like to have, but it’s probably not for the reasons they think. Last week in my mail was a sweepstakes envelope from the NRA. I stared at the glossy emblazoned...
