Mass Shootings

“We are all of us dreamers of dreams, On visions our childhood is fed; And the heart of the child is unhaunted, it seems, By the ghosts of dreams that are dead.” — William Herbert Carruth So, it begins. The blame game around the horrific event at Robb Elementary School…

What a month it has been. Starting with the school shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas on May 24 to SCOTUS overturning Roe v Wade today, June 24. Here’s a recap of some of the tragedies that have occurred in exactly one month. While this is not a…

We’ve ignored our embrace of violence as fun and how mass shootings became commonplace — I returned home from Iraq before Christmas 2007. The PlayStation 3 had dropped during my time in combat, but became a hard commodity to come by, so I assumed I’d grab one for Christmas. As with any product around the holidays, it became impossible to find, but a few friends…

I was 11 years old at the time. Trust me. You don’t know the paralyzing fear of a child even before any shots are fired. — The first time someone pointed a gun at me I was 11 years old — about the same age as the kids in Uvalde, Texas. “Go outside and find something to do,” Mom had commanded. Evidently, I was being a bother, which must have been the case often because this…

Isn’t it time for stricter gun laws in America? — My friend just finished out the school year in Texas last week and is now slowly traveling back to see his family in Utah. On his way out of Sinton, he wanted to stop in Uvalde to pay his respects to the children and teachers who died there. This is…