Another day, another mass shooting. This time in Chatanooga, Tennesee on May 29, 2022. In this shooting two alleged gangs shot and injured six people at another Memorial Day weekend celebration. No suspects were arrested. All of the injured were treated at the hospital. What is going on? Should we expect another mass shooting later today or tomorrow. We have observed Memorial Day for over a century for the purpose of remembering our fallen soldiers and our loved ones who had died. No where have I ever read that we use this weekend to add the living to the rolls of people who have died on this period of memorial.
Where is the love? Why are we, Americans,killing so many people? Why do we need guns including military styled and purposed guns to settle our areas of disagreement and carry out our hatred of those people who do not look like us? When are our lying and shameful elected politicians going to act and put into law stronger gun laws to make it more difficult for people to buy and acquire guns. We need stronger background checks. We need laws to prevent 18 year old deranged children from buying automatic weapons and over one thousand rounds of ammunition.
Politicians paid for their support and other sychophants of the NRA say that we need to arm teachers and more good guys with guns to take out the bad guys with guns. Teachers do not want to have to carry guns around young children. That will not work. The Police officers in Uvalde, Texas had military styled equipment such as automatic rifles and protective gear just as this lone gunman had. They were afraid to enter the school for over an hour. That does not work. They say that we need to redflag inappropiate gun owners and increase physchiatrice treatment for potential urges and actions to commit mass shootings. Neither the Buffalo or Uvalde shooters had ever been diagnosed with any form of mental illness. The two of them combined killed 31 children, adults, and senior citizens, all of whom were unarmed and unsuspecting easy targets while also injuring 18 others. All of the victims were attending school or grocery shopping plus Governor Abbott had slashed the Texas state budget funds for diagnosing and treating those with mental illness issues. That does not work. The worse part is the former and disgraced 45th president, Donald Trump did a cha - cha dance at the NRA convention in Houston, TX. while talking about the shootings. Not a less insigificant point is that the NRA convenion which is used primarliy to sell guns should have been canceled or at least postponed out of respect for the families in Uvalde to bury their murdered children.
In closing, I ask of you two things: 1) to pray for all of these murdered people, their greiving families, and the cities and towns that they live in; and 2) ask yourself with whom do you walk? Do you walk with GOD, JESUS, or whatever spiritual divine entity that you pray to or do you walk with the souless, heartless, cowardly, and money hungry politicians and the NRA leadership members who want to sell guns to make money for the NRA and gun manufacturers regardless of the number of innocent people that they kill each and every year. Do the right thing, vote those bastards out of office. Make America a safe place to live for all of its people.
May Jesus Christ, our LORD and SAVIOR, bless you and yours and keep you safe from any future mass shootings. AMEN.