The title gives a lot of the story away, but Steven Cohn’s facebook post about America’s atrocious gun violence, and the latest Kentucky school shooting—says it all. Here is his post from January 23, 2018.
Steven Cohn
This is Bailey Holt. Yesterday, she went to high school for a normal day and was gunned down. Look at her....GOD DAMMIT LOOK AT HER! Her name was Bailey Holt.
Stare at this fucking picture of a perfectly innocent, perfectly great 15 year old who was doing everything right and was murdered for no reason...when you are done, when you can’t take any more, reply to this post and tell me that there is nothing that we can do to stop the gun violence in our country. Please tell me. Because this enrages me. This could be your daughter. Your sister.
A 15-year old, white male (and yes most mass shootings are done by white males) killed 2 and wounded 19 yesterday.
There have been 11 school shootings in 2018. Fucking 11 shootings at a school in 23 days. That is way beyond unacceptable. That is a national crisis. The assholes in Washington are playing political games over a stupid fucking budget and our babies are being murdered. This is an outrage. Look at that picture!! Her name was Bailey Holt.
Bailey Nicole Holt died at the scene. The other child who was shot to death was Preston Ryan Cope, also 15. He died at Vanderbilt hospital in Nashville. Currently two dead, 18 wounded with five in critical condition.
Donald Trump’s ridiculous response:
We are with you? Who’s “we,” you moronic bastard? Do you mean all of your Republican NRA ass-kissing lawmaking buddies who continue to block legislation that would attentuate gun violence and save innocent lives?
The gun death epidemic has become so commonplace today in America that many people simply turn their heads in disgust, exhausted and feeling helpless—fighting a fight that seems to go nowhere. Every time there is a massacre in this country, and we become outraged. Instead of the NRA (National Rifle Association) trying to help, they use each gun tragedy to create more fear, so people will buy more guns.
To find out what you can do, visit Moms Demand Action/Everytown.org.
My heart goes out to the parents of Bailey and Preston, and to all those affected and who are suffereing from another senseless tragedy.