I don’t usually get political on the blog, although I have very strong political feelings. But I’m disgusted today. Two mass shootings in one weekend in our country. Completely avoidable with a few laws and mental health measures. Our president is making a statement tomorrow at 10. He will say he grieves with our nation and our two parties need to work together. He will say the shooters were mentally ill. He will not say we live in a country that worships guns. He will say his thoughts and prayers are with the victims and their families. Here’s the problem: if you knew your child’s school or your grandmother’s church or the building where your father’s AA meetings are held were going to be targeted by an armed shooter tomorrow — would you rely on thoughts and prayers to prevent your family from being hurt? Would that be enough? Or would you want better gun laws and help for people to be diagnosed and treated for mental illness and denied the right to own a firearm? And maybe for our president to stop tweeting racist shit.
But no. It will be thoughts and prayers and we’ll all forget until the next mass shooting.
Thoughts and prayers.
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