I feel frustrated with gun violence, feeling hopeless. What could I do? Could I contribute to the body of research which documents the impact gun violence has on higher education students? What does this research say about gun violence? Who would this research help? Who will it harm? I would need IRB approval; this would never work. Am I qualified to do this research? Does it matter if it is not a research journal, if it is something else? A letter perhaps, I want to tell their story, I want to help. Could I ask student to get them to tell me their story? How will I impact the telling of their story, will I be authentic? Is this ethical? How could this project harm its participants? How may it serve them? I am not qualified. Who would publish this? Can I do that on my own? I should tell my story, for this is the only story I am qualified to comment on.

JLS