[This blog will always be free to read, but it’s also how I pay my bills. So, if you like what you read, please consider a paid subscription.] On Monday morning, at The Covenant School, a private elementary school in Nashville, TN, a mass shooter opened fire over fourteen minutes, killing three children who were students there, all nine years old, and three staff members before police arrived and took out the shooter, mercifully bringing the horror to an end.
I just cannot understand how they can love guns more than they love a human being...especially when that human being is a child. Of course, when I look at the amount of money many of the elected representatives have received from the NRA, it becomes more clear but still not understandable. Are they so caught up in their "importance" at being in Congress that they have lost compassion?
Rep. Tim Burchett homeschools his kid...so he knows it is a problem but refuses to do anything about it.
It is despicable and I hope something will be done at the ballot but I know it probably won't.
I was hoping to see you weigh in on this topic; I thank you for a well-written, informative read. I am appalled and disgusted that the right has seized on the shooter's gender identification as a supposed "reason" for the violence. I've seen any number of ill-advised, facetious takes on possible explanations for his cowardly act, and all I can think is "How dare you?"
For good or ill, this tragedy has given the hateful, bigoted right-wing an excuse they didn't need to further beat the drums of trans hatred. I despair what the future must hold for our country if people of their ilk continue to be elected in numbers large enough to control the national narrative and legislative agenda.
Way back in the ‘80s a Time Magazine cover said simply, It’s Men with Guns. Granted, we’re dealing with a woman in this instance, but she is the exception rather than the rule. So why not just ban men from owning guns, period? We can clearly see why Congress has denied funding for gun research - they know exactly where it will lead. I dearly hope that karma catches up with these monsters who care more about their power than the lives of children, for it seems that’s the only way we’ll ever see some accountability.
I just cannot understand how they can love guns more than they love a human being...especially when that human being is a child. Of course, when I look at the amount of money many of the elected representatives have received from the NRA, it becomes more clear but still not understandable. Are they so caught up in their "importance" at being in Congress that they have lost compassion?
Rep. Tim Burchett homeschools his kid...so he knows it is a problem but refuses to do anything about it.
It is despicable and I hope something will be done at the ballot but I know it probably won't.
I was hoping to see you weigh in on this topic; I thank you for a well-written, informative read. I am appalled and disgusted that the right has seized on the shooter's gender identification as a supposed "reason" for the violence. I've seen any number of ill-advised, facetious takes on possible explanations for his cowardly act, and all I can think is "How dare you?"
For good or ill, this tragedy has given the hateful, bigoted right-wing an excuse they didn't need to further beat the drums of trans hatred. I despair what the future must hold for our country if people of their ilk continue to be elected in numbers large enough to control the national narrative and legislative agenda.
Very well said, Charlotte. Thank you!
I share your horror & anger @ the murderer & your compassion & pain for his victims, & their loved ones. Weeping with you.
Way back in the ‘80s a Time Magazine cover said simply, It’s Men with Guns. Granted, we’re dealing with a woman in this instance, but she is the exception rather than the rule. So why not just ban men from owning guns, period? We can clearly see why Congress has denied funding for gun research - they know exactly where it will lead. I dearly hope that karma catches up with these monsters who care more about their power than the lives of children, for it seems that’s the only way we’ll ever see some accountability.
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