Denver (KDVR) – On Sunday, 13 years have coincided with a group shooting at the Aurora Theater, which killed 12 and dozens of others.
A father told a victim, Tom Sullivan, that this time of the year is always difficult to remember as it was yesterday.
“You may be a little shorter with someone more than you will usually, and it is difficult to understand the reason, and then, this is what it is,” says Sullivan.
His son, Alex, celebrated his fortieth birthday on Sunday. Instead, today it is 13 years since his killing inside the Aurora Theater.
“They are never easier,” says Sullivan.
Since then, Sullivan has taken action. Currently, he became a member of the Senate in Colorado in 2019, and he immediately became the main sponsor of the Red Science Law in the state, which allows family members or law enforcement to request temporary confiscation of rifles from people who pose a threat.
While there is a lot of opposition, Sullivan says that his work in the state legislative council is a direct response to what he felt after he lost his son.
“When this happened to us and looked at someone to get some directions and some support, no one was there,” said Sullivan.
While it is believed that the country has taken steps towards a better integrity of weapons, he says there is still work to do, citing how collective shooting in Aurora was the largest in American history.
“After 13 years, the Aurora Theater massacre is no longer even in the top ten,” Sullivan said.
Sullivan says he has no plans to stop fighting in order to make a change, and he hopes others will also do, so that on July 20, 2012 is a day that no one will forget at all.
“There are people who repeat this day forever in our minds,” said Sullivan.