When the news alert about today’s shooting in Uvalde, Texas ran across my smartphone, I wondered how long it would be until the social media would be filled with angry people. Not long. There was a lot of metaphorical rending of garments about the state of our nation that seems to worship the gun. With every mass shooting, the same messages come up; people care more about guns than they do people, we should take the guns, I don’t want to live in a country where kids can be killed in school, and so on. This anger is understandable, especially with this shooting most of the victims are children. But frankly, none of the angry tweets and posts will change anything. Last I checked, posting snarky tweets isn’t going to change this sad situation.
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