5 questions about gun policy that you should be asking your elected officials after the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting

Yet again the nation is mourning a mass shooting in a place we thought was safe - a synagogue on shabbat - in Pittsburgh. For me, this time feels different - it was a synagogue, it was Jews who were targeted, I know many people who live in that very neighborhood and who call Tree of Life home.

But really, this time is no different. Whether it is a synagogue, a church, a mosque, a Sikh temple, an elementary school, high school, college, night club or any of the countless other spaces that have been devastated by gun violence, all these places are the same.

In America, we have forfeited our right to feel safe and be safe in the places where we go to work, play, learn, and pray. More accurately, our elected officials have forfeited that right for us. They've decided that easy access to firearms is worth the price we pay - 33,000 American lives a year, almost 96 a day. And as long as those officials continue to be elected, they are hearing us say that price is acceptable.

If you believe that price is unacceptable and that American gun violence is a problem we can solve, then you need to send a different message. Especially right now with Election Day just a week away.

If you want to send them a new message and tell them loud and clear that you expect them to make us safer and to fight gun violence, if you want them to know that the price we're paying is unacceptable, please call your elected officials and those running for office.