| Posted: 06 November 2017 at 8:47am | IP Logged | 8
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And worst of all, IMO, is that this is now happening SO often that people are actually becoming inured to this. "Oh look, Mildred... another dozen people shot to death in Eugene, Oregon by an automatic weapon." "That's a shame, Hubert. More meat loaf?"
Obviously, this isn't the case for the families and friends of the victims, or those who live in the cities where these occur - but there are so many. It's become too commonplace, and I fear that we're getting shell shocked.
Solutions mean nothing. We're a fairly intelligent bunch on this board, and we could probably come up with a dozen workable processes to start shutting this down... but without those making the laws doing anything about it, we're helpless.
Tomorrow is Election Day in the United States - but it's an off year, so there'll be a minimal turn out. It SHOULD be the start of a year long vetting process to get the right people in office who will START TALKING ABOUT GUN CONTROL But no viable candidate will take that stand, and the electorate won't, or can't, get behind this to force it through.
I would say, "Well just wait until it comes to someone in Congress getting shot" - but it happened! And they STILL don't do anything? What if someone in the NRA gets shot? They'll probably still rail that if the victim and eyewitnesses had been armed, it would never have occurred.
And I saw someone in the congregation of that church say, "And now those victims are with our lord, Jesus Christ." I cannot get my mind to understand this. How does this logic not lead to killing loved ones so that THEY are with Jesus? And how do they worship a deity who allows such things to happen so damned often? Just to twist this horrifically... didn't God promise no more floods after Noah? Tell that to people in Texas and Florida and Puerto Rico.
Thoughts and prayers. Yeah, right. Save your prayers for yourselves, because lead-jacketed destiny is coming to you sooner or later.
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