I read that earlier today too. It's so screwed up, man. That meeting should be protested, but that actually sounds a little dangerous in itself.
Republicans just love protecting children. You can't say gay because their little psyches woul be irreparably harmed learning LGBTQ people exist. You can't teach about racism because white children would feel uncomfortable. Outlaw abortion to protect raped 12 year olds from being able to terminate pregnancy. But more guns! More! More! More!
And the shooter didn't have the right to the gun he used. He had the gun illegally. And illegally killed people in a gun free zone. Anybody willing to kill children doesn't care about gun laws or gun control.
All good questions. Again, kids are 20x more likely to be killed by their parents than by a gun at school. What are we doing? When are we going to get serious about mental illness and access to healthcare in this country? Access to education? Improving our social safety net? Because those are the most effective ways to prevent most of these horrible acts the soonest. Or are we just going to cheapen their memories by using them as an excuse to play politics? To argue Republican vs Democrat? Your team vs their team. Same old, same old...
Other advanced countries have mental illness, domestic violence, isolation due to Covid. They have murder. But these mass shootings are almost entirely American. The actual percentage of Americans owning guns has declined but number of guns skyrocketed as paranoid people acquire arsenals.
Politicians Shamelessly Offer Thoughts & Prayers To TX Families While Raking In NRA Donations: Panel Screw our government. Getting paid to lie to us about caring while they themselves are tied to NRA donations.
Other advanced countries also have better access to healthcare, education, and social safety net than we do... So people with mental disorders and antisocial or violent tendencies are more likely to be found and treated. https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2021-13575-001
The biggest problem with the NRA has been encouraging the "gun nut", in your face, need a gun to be masculine BS. The NRA is supposed to be focused on gun safety and education... First thing I had to do when I bought my truck was remove the sticker of an AR with the word "Oregunian" on the rear window. Just tacky and in poor taste. Guns are tools which demand respect and level headed focus. Guns are not an extention of your penis, and should not be treated as such.
A person can't go buy a half gallon of vodka and drink themselves to death at 18, but they can go buy an AR-15 and shoot up a school. Can we raise the age restrictions on weapons? Buffalo and Uvalde were done by kids. Their brains aren't even close to developed. If you want to shoot a gun, go into the military. If the asvab rejects you, you have to wait until your 25. Idk. I'm at such a loss this morning I just want to find a solution.. Something has to be done!!
No evidence killer was transgender but what if he was? No one blames all straight white cis men generally for their murder sprees. I am quite willing to admit there are bad trans people in the world.
