Another Day, Another Shooting ~ Claire Conner Mork

~By Claire Conner Mork

 

“Another day, another shooting. In this case, the shooter in DC had been discharged from the Navy, had troubling mental health issues but could still land a concealed-carry permit issued by the state of Texas. With license in hand, he is reported to have bought his guns in Virginia. 

America's death by gun continues, and we're apparently too paralyzed to do anything about it. I imagine there will be suggestions that we ought to revisit reasonable gun safety regulations and a whole lot of politicians will offer "prayers" for the victims of the Navy Yard shooting and a few folks will hold press conferences to decry gun violence. 

But, in the end, Americans will buy more guns, fill their closets with ammunition and prepare to defend themselves from some real or imagined threat. 

From the far right, there will be the usual howls about the "gubbmint" coming for your guns and more nonsense about false flags and how PBO planned and executed this mass shooting so he could accelerate his tyrannical plan to rule in DC forever.

It will take something more awful than Tucson, Aurora, Newtown and the Navy Yard to jolt us into action. It will take something more awful than 10,000+ deaths in 9 months. It will take something more awful than scores of kids killing themselves while playing with their parents' loaded guns. It will take?”

 

Reference: 

http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2013/09/17/2631891/navy-yard-shooters-troubled-past-forced-navy-prohibit-purchasing-guns/

[Stay tuned for more good entries by Claire Conner Mork, who is the author of "Wrapped In The Flag"]