“…Number 45
promises that this will and must stop, but other than finding a moment to make
it all about himself (Remember Parkland: ‘I think I would have run in there and
stopped the shooter, really, I do.’): he’ll do nothing…
“And so, we
stumble along as a nation playing this pattern of horror to surprise; to thoughts
and prayers; to blaming the mentally ill, students themselves, the number of doors in a
school; to START OVER.
“BUT
I JUST WANT A GUN…FOR PROTECTION?
“Scientific
American produced a careful exegesis/study of what guns specifically do in our
country and how such weapons alter our lives.
It’s a very worthy and sobering read.
“Since
Wayne LaPierre and Grover Norquist and the K Street lobbyists have fallen like
a hard rain on Washington’s willing swamp-dwellers, the numbers of Gun related
deaths from increased ownership of guns have not changed in many ways – EXCEPT
ONE…”
For
the complete article, click here.
Our system is bought and manipulated. Why are schools being primarily shoot up? Why not hospitals, nursing homes, park district classes?Why only in the last 20+yrs? You thought high school was hell 30 yrs. ago, think what it must be now! Things to ponder.
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