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MASS SHOOTING IN COLORADO. AGAIN!
Boulder Colorado – In the second of two mass shootings in less than a week people who were standing in line to get a Covid vaccination we’re fired upon leaving many hurt, injured, dead and and entire community shaken. Again.
10 people were killed after a gunman opened fire inside a boulder Colorado grocery store Monday night. Officer Eric Talley, a father of seven and a veteran of 11 years was the first on the scene and lost his life. Has of his seven children, the youngest of them is seven.
A Visibly shaken Colorado Police Cheif Maris described Officer Talley as a dedicated police office who’d been on the force since 2010.
The names of the other victims killed have not yet been released because their families have yet to be notified. As Philadelphia wrestles with gun violence so too does the rest of the country. The common denominator of course, are guns.
A video shot by an eyewitness showed bodies strewn throughout the parking lot and inside of the ‘King Soopers’ grocery store where [the shooting] occurred. Gunshots can be heard in the final seconds.
A man in shorts and a bloody leg in handcuffs was videotaped being escorted by police from the building and into custody. That man, who has yet to be identified, is considered to be the suspect and perpetrator of the shootings.
Two weeks ago we were talking yet again about and horrendous shooting spree in Philadelphia. One particular night in General saw three different shootings in three different neighborhoods that resulted in a press conference by city officials promising more transparency in strategy going forward.
Last week was technically two days ago and all eyes were on Philadelphia, then the State of Georgia which had the entire country talking about hate crimes against the Asian Community and in less than 48 hours the focus has gone from Georgia and the THAT wave of violence, and now shifts to Colorado.
Colorado — Home of Columbine shooting’s. Colorado has had its fair share. Some joked, rather poorly, that how can a state, the [first] to legalize marijuana before anyone else, not be able to “chill” from this type of violence?
Like the shooting in Georgia we know very little about the shooter. Like the shooter in Georgia this one seemingly was taking away without consequence. A mass murderer yet again walked away by law-enforcement without incident. Critics argue yet again that had he been of another hue, this would’ve ended quite differently.
It’s the second mass shooting in a single week week but this time we don’t know the shooters name, what kind of weapon was used, and if the weapon was obtained legally?
What we do know is that right now after so many violent mass shootings there still isn’t conversation about gun laws, violence, or control in the halls of Congress or the Senate.
Normally about now you’d be hearing more conversation about gun control. We’ve spoken often about how difficult it has been to change gun laws in America. Whenever there has been a shooting with numerous fatalities, the conversation comes up again.
So when is enough going to be enough across the country and politically? Recently we saw many take a side and whether or not the minimum raise should be raised to $15.00 an hour. The majority of America agree that it should. It was heavily voted on in Congress.
We also saw how the majority of America agree that we should be wearing masks as we battle The coronavirus. And of course the conversation about vaccines.
All of these have been life and death decision making issues that have quickly been brought before the strong and powerful and Washington and quickly acted upon. Decisions that were voted on and put into affect almost immediately. But when it comes to gun violence on any level, we can never get anything past or done. Why?
It depends on who you speak with. And by the time you begin speaking about it another shooting has either taken place, or something else happens that dominates the news cycle and distracts us yet again away from what has been a true epidemic for decades. Mass shootings and gun violence has often been called a public health crisis and emergency. With thousands dying in the streets, malls, movie theaters, shopping centers, apartment buildings, Night clubs, concerts, nothing seems to be off-limits.
Even in the midst of a pandemic mass shootings and gun violence continue to occur and show no signs of slowing down. There has even been an uptick of a [new] type of gun being sold on inner city streets.
“Ghost Guns” are cheap, and untraceable. They have popped up on inner city streets in the last few weeks and have already allegedly been responsible for fatalities.
Outside of Urban cities in rural areas and suburbs the AR 15 rifle seems to be the weapon of choice. Easily obtained and accessible to anyone who wants one. You can thank the second amendment and the gun lobby for that.
But after so many shootings and murders you would think by now guns being easily accessible would and should no longer be the case. That the issue should have been dealt with as quickly as we have dealt with COVID-19 and the coronavirus and it’s vaccine.
Commonsense right?
Well it took a tumultuous election, a violent insurrection, two impeachments of a POTUS and over 500,000 people dead and a heavily divided country to get America to use Commonsense to fight a virus. What is it finally going to take for America to do something about guns and gun violence. Because by now after all America has been through one things for certain; commonsense has never been common.
– Native Mann
