Perhaps it\u2019s time to simply accept that this is who, what, and how we are.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Americans, in America.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We kill each other. As opposed to baseball, that\u2019s our real national pastime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So rather than continue to call for gun reform\/control\/restrictions, let\u2019s just tally the body count(s) and send thoughts and prayers that the number of dead stays below double digits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Let\u2019s recap, shall we? Just in recent memory \u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Columbine \u2013 13 (1999)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Parkland \u2013 17 (2018)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Uvalde \u2013 21 (2022)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sandy Hook \u2013 27 (2012)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Pulse \u2013 49 (2016)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Strip \u2013 58 (2017)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Wow. Just. Wow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And let\u2019s not forget the forgettable ones \u2026 Buffalo \u2013 10 (2022), Fort Hood \u2014 14 (2009), Aurora \u2013 12 (2012), and three separate locations in Texas \/ El Paso Walmart \u2013 23 (2019), Luby\u2019s \u2014 23 (1991), and a church \u2014 26 (2017).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In late March and early April, Tennessee got hit twice in less than a month) \u2026 death count at 6 and 5, respect(full)ively. Guess the first responders are getting better at this. Sadfully.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When 20 babies were blown apart with high-powered military firepower in Sandy Hook, CT and the nation did nothing to stem the bloodtide, I thought, \u201cThis is us.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The value of human life ends at delivery. So much for the debt we (\u2018Murricans) owe to the respect of life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This is us. {Deuteronomy 32:28<\/em>}<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Perhaps it\u2019s time to simply accept that this is who, what, and how we are. Americans, in America. We kill each other. As opposed to baseball, that\u2019s our real national pastime. So rather than continue to call for gun reform\/control\/restrictions, let\u2019s just tally the body count(s) and send thoughts and prayers that the number of … <\/p>\n