Shootings too close to home

 The shooting in TX is at the mall where my husband's daughter and grand kids go regularly. When he lived there, he went too.

Waking in a morning to news of mass American shooting is almost like waking to the weather report. It was why I did not want to go to Florida and only when I was in the conference compound did I feel any sense of safety.

When I lived in Boston and there was a crash at Logan, friends from around the country and outside would call to see if by any chance was that one of my travel days.

I know his family is probably safe, but with time differences, probably isn't good enough to stop the worry.

We are cancelling any unnecessary trips to the U.S. although business may make it necessary for him to take some trips.

Rick's blog says it was well as I can.

I Am Afraid of America

 

I am afraid for America.

As I write this, I am hoping for news that my daughter, SIL and grandchildren were not among those killed or wounded in the mall massacre in Allen, Texas. They live near the mall and go there often.

We learned of the killings when we woke early morning in France, but Texas is several time zones away, still middle of the night. Have not seen any messages on the internet - from anyone in the area - that they are 'marked safe.'

Maybe the mass shootings have become too commonplace. Allen did not even make the Drudge Report. After all, there have already been nearly 200 mass shootings in the US this year alone.

The Republican puppet who represents the district pushed back against gun control, saying 'God is in control.' If God is truly in control, he must love the NRA. Either that, or he is allowing the gun nuts and the fascist religious fanatics to hasten Armageddon. (Why should God do all the work when his 'people' will self-destruct the planet for him?)

I wonder if Republicans would take comfort in 'thoughts and prayers' if it was their children being shredded with an AR15?

Where is the outrage? Over killings of children. Over corrupt Supreme Court justices. Over the Dobbs decision. Over Citizens United that allows dark money to control elections. Over eejits like Trump, DeSantis, Pence, McCarthy, McConnell, Greene, Gaetz, Lake, Cruz, Abbott, Romney... too many to count.

I have been out of the US for 10 years now. I typically go back once or twice a year to visit family or for conferences. I am seriously considering not ever setting foot in the United States of AmeriKKKa again. I don't want to get shot. I don't want my wife to worry while I am there that I might get shot.

Even if I learn that my family are okay, it will not change the fact that loved ones from other families are dying every day because of the abject greed - that's all it is, payoffs from the gun lobby - to politicians with no spine, no balls, no moral compass. What's another dozen deaths today compared with millions in their pockets?

F*** RepubliKKKans.

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