Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Americans aren’t bad people. We have our differences but love our children, right?

Why do we allow this?

It’s clear that in order to protect our kids and ourselves from gun violence, we have to vote for only Democrats. Republicans have made it clear they are not going to change anything.

We allow this because we no longer identify and contain evil. We blame social inequality for the symptoms of mental illness. We tell people with mental illness that they are fine, that society owes them. They are left to themselves, roaming aimlessly and suffering. This is done in the name of diversity and inclusion.

Wow you had to work so hard to blame this on liberals.

But, the PP is right. There is no sacrifice here. Sacrifice is voluntary. These are bad human beings harming other human beings. Liberals explain away and excuse their behavior and instead focus on the tool instead of focusing on the bad actor. Why is that? Why are liberals so ineffective in placing the blame where it clearly belongs. Guns don’t shoot themselves and kill people. People do. Address the people problem, not the tool problem.

Why are conservatives so bad at interpreting data. The US is a glaring outlier with regard to gun deaths. You don’t think other countries have bad people? You don’t think other countries have people with mental illness? You don’t think kids in other countries have access to social media and violent video games? You don’t think people in other countries have access to counseling and psychiatric care?
Conservatives would rather have children die than come to the obvious conclusion that we need to reduce the number of guns in our country.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Americans aren’t bad people. We have our differences but love our children, right?

Why do we allow this?

It’s clear that in order to protect our kids and ourselves from gun violence, we have to vote for only Democrats. Republicans have made it clear they are not going to change anything.

We allow this because we no longer identify and contain evil. We blame social inequality for the symptoms of mental illness. We tell people with mental illness that they are fine, that society owes them. They are left to themselves, roaming aimlessly and suffering. This is done in the name of diversity and inclusion.

Wow you had to work so hard to blame this on liberals.

But, the PP is right. There is no sacrifice here. Sacrifice is voluntary. These are bad human beings harming other human beings. Liberals explain away and excuse their behavior and instead focus on the tool instead of focusing on the bad actor. Why is that? Why are liberals so ineffective in placing the blame where it clearly belongs. Guns don’t shoot themselves and kill people. People do. Address the people problem, not the tool problem.

May 29, 2022
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — The Grand Rapids Police Department says that a 13-year-old boy who was shot Saturday night in Grand Rapids’ West Grand neighborhood has died. George Gross, the grandfather of the alleged shooter, told News 8 it was his 45-caliber gun the teens were playing with. Gross said he was at work when it happened and he stored the weapon in an unlocked dresser in his bedroom.
https://www.woodtv.com/news/grand-rapids/shooting-in-grand-rapids-west-grand-neighborhood/

May 31,2022
A Michigan father shot his wife and three children to death, before turning the gun to his own head, pulling the trigger and surviving. Sheriff’s Office deputies identified the victims as 40-year-old mother Dawn Gillard and her children Joshua Gillard, 3, Ronald Gillard, 4, and Katelynn Gillard, 6.
https://lawandcrime.com/crime/michigan-man-shot-himself-but-survived-after-killing-wife-and-three-children-deputies/amp/

Why do we keep sacrificing children to protect guns?

June 3, 2022 PORTSMOUTH, N.H. —
An 8-year-old Portsmouth boy was shot and killed in a random shooting Monday while his family was vacationing in South Carolina, officials said.

Police said Charles Montgomery Allen , 40, is accused of randomly shooting at cars driving by his house Monday on Old River Road in Florence, South Carolina. Three cars were hit.



https://www.wmur.com/amp/article/new-hampshire-boy-shooting-south-carolina/40154211
https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2022/06/02/us/south-carolina-child-killed-shooting-cars/index.html

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- A four-year-old child was accidentally shot in Fairdale on Saturday evening, according to Louisville Metro Police.

LMPD spokesperson Dwight Mitchell said police were told a girl had been taken to Norton Children's Hospital after being shot by an "accidental discharge" from an unsecured gun.
https://www.wdrb.com/news/crime-reports/lmpd-4-year-old-girl-shot-in-fairdale-taken-to-hospital/article_00178df4-e461-11ec-9bf4-6b1588d70d82.html

4 boys killed by convict who stole their grandfather's AR-15

https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/04/us/collins-family-killed-texas-gonzalo-lopez/index.html

“Pay attention to what whispers, and you won’t have to when it starts screaming.”

Written by the mother of Uvalde victim Amerie Jo Garza.

"The chicken soup in her thermos stayed hot all day while her body grew cold.

She never had a chance to eat the baloney and cheese sandwich. I got up 10 minutes early to cut the crust off a sandwich that will never be eaten.

Should I call and cancel her dental appointment next Wednesday? Will the office automatically know?

Should I still take her brother to the appointment since I already took the day off work? Last time Carlos had one cavity and Amerie asked him what having a cavity feels like.

She will never experience having a cavity.

She will never experience having a cavity filled.

The cavities in her body now are from bullets, and they can never be filled.

What if she had asked to use the bathroom in the hall a few minutes prior to the gunman entering the room, locking the door, and slaughtering all inside?

Was she one of the first kids in the room to die or one of the last?

These are the things they don’t tell us.

Which of her friends did she see die before her?

Hannah?
Emily?
Both?

Did their blood and brains splatter across her Girl Scout uniform?

She just earned a Fire Safety patch.

What if it got ruined?

There are no patches for school shootings.

Was she practicing writing GIRAFFE the moment he walked in her classroom, barricaded the door and opened fire?

She keeps forgetting the silent “e” at the end.

We studied this past weekend, and now she doesn’t need to take the spelling test on Friday.

None of them will take the spelling test on Friday.

There will be no spelling test on Friday.

Because there is no one to give it.

And no one to take it.

These are the things I will never know:
I will never know at what age she would have started her period.
I will never know if she had wisdom teeth.
(Or if they would have come in crooked.)
I will never know who she spoke to last. Was it the teacher? Was it her table partner, George? She says George is always talking, even during silent reading.
Did she even scream?

She screamed the lyrics to We Don’t Talk About Bruno at 7:58 AM as she hopped out of my car in the circle drive.

She always sings the Dolores part, her sister sings Mirabel and I’m Bruno.

“And I wanted you to know that your bro loves you so
Let it in, let it out, let it rain, let it snow, let it goooooo……..”

Did the killer ever see Encanto?

Could we have sat in the same row of seats, on the same day, munching popcorn?

What if Amerie brushed past him in the aisle? Did she politely say, “Excuse me,” to the boy who would someday blow her eye sockets apart?

Was he chomping on bubble gum as he destroyed them all?
If so, what flavor?
Cinnamon?
Wintergreen?

Was the radio on as he drove to massacre them? Or did he drive in silence?

Was the sun in his eyes as he got out of the car in the parking lot?

Did his pockets hold sunglasses or just ammunition?

These are the things I will never know.

There is laundry in the dryer that is Amerie’s.

Clothes I never need to fold again.
Clothes that are right now warmer than her body.

How will I ever be able to take them out of the dryer and where will I put them if not back in her dresser?

I can never wash clothes in that dryer again.

It will stand silent; a tomb for her pajamas and knee socks.

Her cousin’s graduation party is next month and I already signed her name in the card. Should I cross it out?

That will be the last card I ever sign her name to.

The dog will live longer than she will.
The dog will be 12 next month and she will be eternally 10.

What will the school do with her backpack?

It was brand new this year and she attached her collection of keychains like cherished trophies to its zipper.

A beaded 4 leaf clover she made on St. Patty’s Day.

A red heart from a Walk-a-Thon.

A neon ice cream cone from her friend’s birthday party.

Now there will be no more keychains to attach.
No more trophies.

Surely they can’t throw it out?

Would they throw them all out?

19 backpacks, full of stickered assignments and rainboots, all taken to the dumpster behind the school?

Is there even a dumpster big enough to contain all that life?

These are the things someone else knows:

The moment the semiautomatic rifle was put into his hands--was “Bring Me a Higher Love” playing in the gun store? “Get off my Cloud” by the Rolling Stones? Maybe it was Elton John’s “Rocket Man.”

Did the Outback Oasis salesperson hesitate as they slid him 375 rounds of ammunition?

not my problem my kids are grown and out of school

Or I don’t have kids, so I don’t have to worry about their skulls getting blown across the naptime mat 

Or fingers crossed there’s a good guy with an equally powerful gun that will stop this gun if needed

Did they sense any danger or were they more focused on picking that morning’s Raisin Bran out of their teeth?

My Nana used to say, “Pay attention to what whispers, and you won’t have to when it starts screaming.”

But now I know there is a more deafening sound than children screaming.

More horrific even, than automatic rifles on a Tuesday morning.

I beg the world:
Pay attention to what’s screaming today, or be forced to endure the silence that follows."

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Americans aren’t bad people. We have our differences but love our children, right?

Why do we allow this?

It’s clear that in order to protect our kids and ourselves from gun violence, we have to vote for only Democrats. Republicans have made it clear they are not going to change anything.

We allow this because we no longer identify and contain evil. We blame social inequality for the symptoms of mental illness. We tell people with mental illness that they are fine, that society owes them. They are left to themselves, roaming aimlessly and suffering. This is done in the name of diversity and inclusion.

Wow you had to work so hard to blame this on liberals.

Anonymous wrote:Americans aren’t bad people. We have our differences but love our children, right?

Why do we allow this?

It’s clear that in order to protect our kids and ourselves from gun violence, we have to vote for only Democrats. Republicans have made it clear they are not going to change anything.

We allow this because we no longer identify and contain evil. We blame social inequality for the symptoms of mental illness. We tell people with mental illness that they are fine, that society owes them. They are left to themselves, roaming aimlessly and suffering. This is done in the name of diversity and inclusion.

Anonymous wrote:Americans aren’t bad people. We have our differences but love our children, right?

Why do we allow this?

It’s clear that in order to protect our kids and ourselves from gun violence, we have to vote for only Democrats. Republicans have made it clear they are not going to change anything.

Republicans care about THEIR families and their money.

And the freedom to do whatever they feel like.

See COVID.

Anonymous wrote:This is a really sad story.

Unintentional firearm deaths doesn't even make the top ten list of the ways 4 year olds die. Do you know what tops the list of ways 4 year olds die? Drowning.

And yet, I'm an asshole for telling the mom on the other thread that she needs to prioritize teaching her kid to swim.

It is not an either or.

Guns are NOwhere on the list for most countries.

It is a indefensible "tradition" that we should evolve beyond.

The irony of "right to lifers" pushing gun "rights" is too much.

Americans aren’t bad people. We have our differences but love our children, right?

Why do we allow this?

It’s clear that in order to protect our kids and ourselves from gun violence, we have to vote for only Democrats. Republicans have made it clear they are not going to change anything.

Anonymous wrote:June 1

Boy, 8, on vacation in S. Carolina killed by man shooting at random cars, officials say

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/boy-8-vacation-s-carolina-killed-man-shooting-random-cars-officials-sa-rcna31565

Let’s keep the thread going. Sadly, there will be something to post nearly every day.

Horrible ..child was on vacation.

We often have youth sports events in places like south carolina and texas and Florida.......who want to travel to gun nut states like those for youth sports?

June 1

Boy, 8, on vacation in S. Carolina killed by man shooting at random cars, officials say

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/boy-8-vacation-s-carolina-killed-man-shooting-random-cars-officials-sa-rcna31565

Let’s keep the thread going. Sadly, there will be something to post nearly every day.