https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/08/us/school-shootings-us-2019-trnd/index.html
It was disturbing, saddening, and ironic, that I was asked/told "are you going to be okay down there" and "be safe" before going to Colombia, and then 2 shootings occur in the US while I'm gone.The concern for my safety while traveling to another country was not lost, of course.But the amount of danger and fear for safety within our own country is a LOT worse than so many other places.The things I find most disturbing is that the bulk of the danger affects our youth, LITERALLY THE FUTURE of America, being slaughtered because of so many heinous reasons. From reasons as nefarious to dark money and lobbying from arms manufacturers and the NRA, to the most simple human selfishness, the "I don't want to give up my gun because I think it will give me a fighting chance when our government tries to herd us into corrals", as if an AR-15 will do anything to a tank running people over.Or worse when a person thinks that somehow their 2nd amendment right is somehow justified by the murder of their fellow Americans. I try to limit my political posts, because words != action, especially on this platform. But it is so painful to try and grasp the insurmountable sadness, fear, shock, and trauma that courses through the hearts & minds of anyone who experiences these shootings. I know it's a generalization, but man are we really fucking this up.
