Guns Do Kill People
It happens every day and it needs to stop
Another week in America, another mass shooting.
It’s so common we’re numb to the epidemic.
Otherwise, why would there be a meme on Facebook reposted over and over in the immediate aftermath of the Nashville school shooting last week that says:
A rock in bad hands killed Abel.
A rock in good hands killed Goliath.
It’s not about the rocks.
Are you kidding me?
Not only is this stupidly simplistic, but it also minimizes the tragedy of lives snuffed from existence and the pain and grief of the victim’s families.
Children murdered.
Teachers murdered.
Regular people like you and me going about their daily lives murdered.
Over and over and over.
Republican Representative Tim Burchett of Tennessee reportedly said after last week’s Nashville school shooting, “We’re not gonna fix it. Criminals are going to be criminals.”
Wow! Way to be sensitive to the tragedy there, Mr. Representative.
Also, check your logic.
