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America Gets A ‘F’ For Protecting Children
When it comes to enacting rational gun control laws, the USA fails.
The shooting range with soft targets this time was in Georgia.
Welcome back to school, kids. Did you bring your Kevlar vest?
That infamous Onion headline won’t go away.
And every time someone mumbles “Thoughts and Prayers”, an angel loses their wings.
But no matter how bad the latest atrocity is, the well-rehearsed apologists for the Holy 2nd Amendment never deviate from the blood-stained script. Nothing changes because people with the power to change things don’t care.
The inevitable op-eds lamenting the horror of gun-related violence in America are identical. All the writer has to do is cut and paste the new names and locations, then press Enter.
There’s been talk of banning the use of cellphones in school. I think that’s a bad idea.
Why?
Because when this happens again, the students should have the opportunity to say goodbye to their loved ones.
