Why Aren't You Screaming?

As the horror in an El Paso shopping are unfolds, I've discovered I've lost my empathy.  Aside from being personally mortified to realize that, it's also an horrific sign of how the mighty have fallen.

One guy went into a Walmart in Texas and shot a bunch of people.
My very first thought was, "Well, they got what they deserved."  

Texas is an open carry state. The Texas Department of Public without a license if the firearm is not in plain sight.  Local governments can not further restrict or regulate the possession or use of firearms. Texas does not restrict NFA weapons  (machine guns, short or "sawed-off" shotguns and rifles, and grenades, mortars, rocket launchers, large projectiles, and other heavy ordnance) that are legally possessed under federal law. The state does not require background checks for private sales of firearms.

Government can issue a License to Carry a Handgun to an eligible person. The license permits the concealed or open carrying of a handgun. Vehicle carry is allowed.

Just to be clear, it is perfectly legal to go to Walmart in Texas with a rocket launcher.

Hey TX, you still loving your guns and your tRump? How 'bout you, IL, MD, OK, MS? WI, PA, DC, KS, NY? OH, NC, FL, LA, NM, CA, NV, AR, MS, CT, GA, SC, VA, KY, IA, CO, TN? And more. All mass shootings in 2019 and it's only August.

Wikipedia has a list here:   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mass_shootings_in_the_United_States_in_2019?fbclid=IwAR3DSzaIg7Q7WxGoZCoGaBY7QSQq0XNWnF-qdthNaxbVbqYcbd4QnviusVc

If you have not contacted your Congresspersons, you are just as guilty as the shooters. Demand gun control. Your "thoughts and prayers" are meaningless without action. Your "right" to own anything more than one single-shot gun for protection or hunting is NOT WORTH MORE THAN THESE LIVES.

This isn't a partisan thing. ALL politicians and ALL voters have
failed.

As of July 31, 2019, 248 mass shootings have occurred in 2019, resulting in 979 people being shot. Of those people, 246 have died. Their blood is on our hands.  

And Canada, don't even be smug. We've had 7 shootings in two weeks in JUST ONE NEIGHBORHOOD in Toronto. 35 Homicides in Toronto this year. And they happen in every.single.province.

Of course I'm angry at the shooters and the lawmakers.  But if you haven't taken a very public stand against automatic weapons and too much freedom to stockpile guns, no matter what country you are in, then I'm angry at you as well.  And even more so if you haven't bothered to contact your congressional representatives.

It's well past time we strictly regulate the manufacture, sale, and possession of guns.  It's a human issue, not a political one.  If you don't agree, meet me in Texas and we'll play catch with a grenade.