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Life In America — Guns Gone Wild
So, as most of us know by now, all too sadly and all too predictably, there was yet another mass shooting in America. This time at a bowling alley and a bar in Lewiston, Maine. Yes, a bowling alley of all places. Wow. Just — wow
Maine governor says 18 killed in shooting attacks at bar, bowling alley (msn.com)
It did feel as if perhaps we were getting a bit of a reprieve of sorts, as I remember daring to think the other day, “Hmm, there haven’t been any mass shootings as of late, have there?” And — here we are. Yet again.
At this point, what can possibly be said that hasn’t already been said?
“This is a frightening, frightening situation,” White House spokesman John Kirby told MSNBC. “More needs to be done to get these weapons of war off the streets and out of people’s hands walking around Walmarts and grocery stores and bowling alleys.”
Hmm — here’s what I would say to Mr. Kirby: “You think so?” Because OF COURSE nothing, absolutely nothing, is going to change, because if it were going to, it already would have. I mean, how many more people must die?
Apparently, that number appears to be infinite and never-ending.
Is it any wonder that most, if not many of us, are living with an imperceptible existential dread most days? We all know…
