Incredibly, Active Shooter Drills Are Our Most Potent Weapon Against Gun Violence

I’m glad people like Rep. Pramila Jayapal haven’t given up on gun reform.

FWIW, I have to admit that I have.  American lawmakers are terrified of the gun lobby.  The pressure it exerts on these slimy cowards is sufficient to frustrate the will of 90+% of the American people yesterday, today, and on into perpetuity.

I had a gun control sticker on my junior-size golf bag when I was 13.  That was 1968.http://www.2greenenergy.com/2022/01/27/gun-violence-4/

Living with the minute-to-minute threat of having our children blown away by a psychopath spraying ordnance from a weapon designed for warfare is one of the costs that comes with living in the United States.  We love our national parks and beaches, our great cities, and free enterprise.  We hate having our children ripped apart by gun fire, but there’s not a goddamn thing we can do about it.

A woman who had lost her six-year-old Dylan at Sandy Hook happened to have graduated from my alma mater, and she gave an impassioned speech at our last reunion.  The best I could do when I spoke with her afterward was a hug, and the words, “I’m so sorry,” which I managed to blubber through my tears.