A 2004 school shooter wrote a letter from behind bars calling for gun control

• Jon Romano, a school shooter now serving a 20-year sentence, wrote a letter to a local paper about the incident.
• Romano thanked the assistant principal who tackled him and stopped the shooting.
• He also said he was inspired by Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School survivors.

In 2004,

I have taken the steps toward this that I can do from prison, and I intend to advocate for gun safety and mental health reform after my release in 2021."