![]() Last year, more children were killed by guns in America than all the other Western nations combined. ![]() I decided then and there that what happened in Nashville must become an inflection point for our country. And what about the families of all the children who were killed in this year’s other mass shootings, or the mass shootings that date back to Sandy Hook Elementary School in 2012, or Columbine High School, 24 years ago this coming April? I can’t imagine what her family and friends - and the families and friends of the others who were killed - might be feeling at that moment. Looking at Hallie filled me with enormous sadness and incalculable rage. It dawned on me that she reminded me of my granddaughter, Rosalind, who just celebrated her ninth birthday last week. She looked so sweet, with her twinkling eyes and curly hair. They should pass a law that no elected official can use those words about a mass shooting, because it is the height of hypocrisy for any politician to offer “thoughts and prayers” to victims’ families when they know they will not support any changes to stop gun violence.Īs I continued to watch “Morning Joe,” suddenly the screen was filled with a picture of one of the children killed: 9-year-old Hallie Scruggs. Three adults and three children were gunned down by an individual wielding two AR-style guns and a pistol.Īs usual, there were obligatory messages from senators and Congress members - including Republicans - on how tragic it was, and how they were holding the families of those killed in their “thoughts and prayers.” Hearing this, I wanted to scream. I woke up early Tuesday morning and, as I always do, turned on “ Morning Joe,” where the first two hours of the show was devoted solely to the shooting at the Covenant School in Nashville on Monday, March 27. ![]() Unfortunately, almost all of our readers can probably identify that these are the locations where 131 mass shootings have occurred in America in 2023 - in some of these cities, more than once. I thought about offering free tickets to every game the Nationals play in this year’s World Series to the first 20 readers who could correctly identify what this list represents. ![]() Take a look at this list and imagine your hometown joining the list, if it isn’t already there:Ĭolumbus, Ohio. ![]()
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