Once Again......

I've been writing my little blog for years and can't remember how many times I've shared a few thoughts about another mass shooting in America. I don't have much to go on except my gut feelings....as a mother and grandmother....especially when a school is involved. I keep thinking "Again?!" When will our leaders DO something to change this American trajectory? When will these "leaders" do anything more than send theirs "thoughts and prayers"? 

As of the shooting in Nashville the other day we can count 129 mass shootings in the United States in 2023......86 days and 129 mass shootings so far this year. Guns are now the number one cause of death for our children. Number one. Never mind all of the adults who are lost to this epidemic and the holes left in all of their families.

This most recent tragedy really puzzles me. The young woman who walked into the Christian school with two AR assault weapons and a handgun was getting counseling, her parents knew she had problems and didn't think she should own a gun. They didn't know she owned seven firearms.....and some that should only be used in battle (if then). And she bought her guns legally?

That's what I don't comprehend. If background checks are used and we concerned citizens hope this documentation will serve as a deterrent at all, shouldn't something "pop" up on the computer screen saying "This person has purchased MORE than ONE assault weapon"!? And then shouldn't the gun shop owner say "I'm sorry but I can't sell this to you." Shouldn't there be some kind of limits to gun ownership??? Shouldn't law enforcement be notified that this individual is purchasing so many guns?

Oh I can hear the tired argument now...."Our Constitution says...." You can't tell me that the authors of this founding document, written in 1787, had any concept of what modern guns could do.....and if they did have a crystal ball do you honestly think they would have written the same content?

Well here they come....."thoughts and prayers" winging toward Nashville.