My book reviews are becoming a great resource for my gun safety mission. One reviewer praised me by saying the book is “an absolutely heartbreaking account of one mother’s struggle to navigate the unspeakable grief of losing a child and to break down the brick...
“Guns up y’all!” In case you don’t know what that slogan means — it’s the Texas Tech University student and alumni greeting. Today it’s my greeting to you. Why? Because Texas Tech is my publisher and they’ve sent my book At Close Range to a team of...
Lock Arms for Life kicked off its 2021 safety work with a splash this week, receiving the news that Austin’s Safe Kids Coalition named Lock Arms as its 2020 Coalition Champion Award. Founding director Leesa Ross accepted the honor in a virtual meeting, saying that the...
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...
I wrote this as an Op-Ed for the Austin American Statesman, even making a few follow up calls to an editor. I checked the paper today and couldn’t find the article. So, not wanting to waste the opportunity to talk about an important safety event, here’s...
As reported by ISOBELLA HARKRIDER on the ReformAustin.org website “Jon had plans for his future …,” his mother, Leesa Ross, says in a new ad campaign on iHeart radio from the Texas Department of Public Safety. In the ad, Ross talks about the day her college-age son...
