When he opens his mouth he begs for the madness to stop. 

“I'm here because my daughter has no voice. She was murdered last week,” Andrew Pollack said.

“I can't get on a plane with a bottle of water, but we leave some animal to walk into a school and shoot our children.”

He doesn’t want a debate on rights and laws, he wants action. He doesn’t want other parents visiting their children at cemetery.

His speech was directed at President Donald Trump during a conversation at the White House following the Florida school shooting this month. Trump says teachers should be armed to improve safety and reduce the number of shootings in America. In 2018 alone there have already been eight school shootings in the US.

Watching from afar, it’s hard to reconcile the debate happening in the United States. How could nothing change after years of tragedy and avoidable deaths. All those students who have previously died, appear to have done so in vain. The first death should have been the last.

It’s of no surprise that Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, during his visit to the White House, was asked if he offered some advice to Trump and his administration on how to address the issue of gun violence.

His diplomatic response also wasn’t a surprise.

“We are very satisfied with our laws, but we certainly don't presume to provide policy or political advice on that matter here,” he told the journalists.

“You have an amendment to your Constitution which deals with gun ownership, we'll focus on our own political arguments and debates and wish you wise deliberation in your own.”

History or tradition shouldn’t negatively impact the future. In this instance for the US, the Second Amendment impacting current and future societal expectations.

Countries borrow some of the best laws and policies. Maternity leave, gender equality, access to education and health, and crime prevention are all compared on a global scale. 

Australia’s statistics and history speaks for itself, maybe (and hopefully) the United States will finally listen.