These days it is not safe to walk the streets in the United States. Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney said yesterday, "this is gun country", after two police officers were shot during a July Fourth Festival in Philadelphia last night.
An 18-year-old Payton Gendron killed 10 people buying groceries at a supermarket in Buffalo, NY. A 18-year-old Salvador Ramos shot and killed nineteen students and two teachers, wounded dozens others at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas. A 29-year-old Omar Mateen killed 49 people and wounded 53 more in a mass shooting at a nightclub in Orlando, Florida. A 21-year old killed 22 people at a busy Walmart in El Paso, Texas. A 28-year-old Dylan Roof murdered nine worshippers at a church in South Carolina. At least six people were killed, dozens hurt by 22-year-old Robert Crimo during a Fourth of July Parade in Illinois yesterday.
There have been more than 300 mass shootings, incidents where 4 or more people were shot or killed in the U.S. this year. As is always the case, there will be calls for change after a mass shooting, and more thoughts and prayers. In my opinion, anyone who believes that thoughts and prayers will stop a mass shooting rampage is an idiot.
Es como si se fueran las cosas al garete más rápido. Y eso responde a problemas que vienen de muy atrás. En Australia funcionó pero EEUU tiene más de 10 veces la población y otra historia. Creo que habría que educar pero no veo el valor para ello.
ReplyDeleteEn mi opinion, esto de las masacres nadie va a poder detenerlo con tantas armas que hay, y lo facil que es comprarlas.
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