Wednesday, March 21, 2018

I refuse to accept this new "normal."

"Maryland School Shooter killed by Armed School Resource Officer." Let's unpack this:

  1. A student brings a gun to school. 
  2. The armed student opens fire on other students, wounding two students. 
  3. The armed student specifically targets a young female. 
  4. An armed school resource officer intervenes. 
  5. Both fire at each other. 
  6. The armed shooter dies in EMR. 
  7. The armed school resource officer is lauded as a hero. 
  8. We shrug and say, "Too bad." 
  9. The armed school resource officer is now touted as proof that we need armed school personnel to counter the threat of rage-student-revenge shootings. 
I can't go any further than this because the sheer insanity of this, the mass hysteria of this, is mind-numbing. We shrug, and this is the new normal. And of course the answer is more guns.

  1. The student doesn't have a gun to bring to school. 

This horrible syllogism, this mad freight train of conservative mythology stops in its tracks. There is no need to "Step Up" (whatever that is). the Marshall Dillon school resource officer disappears, the mass murders stop. Yes, it's that simple. Gun nuts spend millions to fool us into thinking this simple and effective response—the rule of law—is "overreach," so all these deaths are right and natural and normal, part of our modern lifestyle, inherent in our culture, "too bad." We must resist this lie. We need to regulate guns. We start by banning assault rifles. Once we all see the murder rates plummet after this ban (especially males killing females), we'll realize gun laws work, and we can reduce the violence.

No comments:

Post a Comment

Thoughts for the Day 20240304

Let's not mince words this terrible day:  the Supreme Court rolled out the red carpet for Donald Trump,  bowing and motioning him to wal...