Some of us will demonstrate our frustration by writing our posts or blogs with sarcasm, sadness, sincerity, and ask why any gun violence in this nation is still considered something never to talk about now, but always a subject to speak of later. Some will read of yet another mass shooting, look a friend or family member, sigh, and perhaps shake their head and mutter, here we go again. Some of us will read the headlines of murdered and injured and just as we do with yet one more lie from Trump and his coconspirators, yawn and say so what else is new?
Of course the ritual of prayers and thoughts will ensue, we will have the media play respectful music as they insist they will not mention the name of the murderer, but reflect on the lies of the victims. If the murderer’s are white, the media will bring in mental health professionals, family members from previously murdered innocents, a Democrat politician who will insist murder is murder no matter the color of the skin of the murderer, and perhaps a police detective from a large city who will say something about the proliferation of guns. Of course if the murderer is NOT a caucasian, a person of color and of course someone who shouts the name “Allah”, then the media will provide us with dark dreary music a title with the words terror in the headlines, and we will get the best talking heads from the FBI, ATF, and all kinds of scary institutes covering madmen and their favorite assault weapons.
Republicans will run and hide, or insist NOW is not the time. Dems will immediately plead for some kind of dialogue on guns, the people who use guns and the careless way guns are sold. The same people who could give a shit about the sanctity of the First Amendment, will argue that the special thing about the Second Amendment was that Jesus himself, wrote it. When the white guy murders Americans Trump will purse his lips as dismissive as possible, while when the shooter is of color Trump will make that okay thing with his fingers, puff out his three chins and just shout not in my country, we will find you and destroy the world if we need to find you. And at the end of the day, NOTHING will be done to even address the issue of freelance murder with guns in the nation, and once again some of us will rant with rage, others will sigh and say nothing we can do and others will just admit, another day in America!
