The Texas Massacre 2

After my last post, I remembered that I had written a story about what it might take to bring about new laws that would reduce the recurring gun violence that is, not just prevalent, but that defines America today.  It was written in July, 2013, after the Sandy Hook elementary school massacre, after the Senate failed to advance any kind of gun reform.  For me, that indicated that we, America and Americans, were OK with the occasional murder of our children in school as long as we could wave our flags and proclaim we were free. 

I am including it again, today, because I have very little faith that any new laws will result from the horrific murder of 19 children and 2 teachers which occurred in Uvalde.  Why should I think otherwise, when the NRA is holding a convention in Houston, the same state in which the slaughter occurred, and the actual senator from that state, Ted Cruz, and the man who most consider the leader of the GOP, Donald Trump, will appear and give a speech at the convention amidst acres and acres of weapons designed to kill people!

In my last post, I proposed a few common sense adjustments to our gun laws that are supported by a large majority of democrats, a majority of independents, and many, if not a small majority of republicans.  Yet, because of the power of one organization which is basically the advertising arm for the gun industry, and the power of the former president who wields an outside influence over millions of Americans who have long ago traded their humanity for the belief that wearing and wielding a gun allows them to intimidate anyone who expresses an opinion (not to mention looks, worships and loves) that differs from their own, we now demonstrate our exceptionalism by leading all similar countries in per-capita gun deaths by an extremely large margin.   

So, here is The Conspiracy that Changed America, a story which presents one man's reaction to the Sandy Hook massacre and the failed attempt to enact common sense gun laws.  I hope that the "solution" that inspired the lead conspirator is not the only way to address this problem, and I encourage anyone who would like to put forth their own thoughts to comment.

https://wurdsfromtheburbs.blogspot.com/2013/07/the-conspiracy-that-changed-america.html