This morning, in remarks clearly prepared by someone else, our fake president recited the usual canned platitudes. He didn't call it terrorism (which he would have tweeted instantly had the shooter's name been Ahmed), and he didn't say jackshit about the ultra-complicit NRA. Instead he offered "warm condolences," thoughts and prayers, and praise for the first responders.
With our epidemic proliferation of lethal weapons, with super-easy access to even more guns, and with foolish laws like open carry and drive-and-carry, we've completely lost our minds on the gun issue. Thoughts and prayers in the aftermath just don't cut it. We need action. We need a change in our laws and in our thinking. And I'm sure the first responders did what they were supposed to do, but wouldn't it be better if they had less to respond to?
A friend who agrees with me on most things often tells me that Democrats need to stop talking about our American gun problem because it's a "losing issue." Really? Tell it to the dead. It was definitely a losing issue for them.
Our addle-brained society has done nothing but watch as various gun nuts have slaughtered servicemen, public employees, high school students, college students, movie-goers, gay dance clubbers and elementary school children. Nothing has changed. Maybe we need different victims. Perhaps murdering some country music fans will make us snap out of it. Probably not.
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