Naw, this is too corny even for Hollywood. The day before the President of the United States issued executive orders to control the sale of guns there is a mass shooting in South Carolina. The day he issued the executive orders, there is a mass shooting in Texas.
Corny, but true.
The day before, at least five people are dead, including two children, in what police in York County, S.C., called a “case of a mass shooting” that involved a former National Football League player as the gunman.
The day of the President's E.O.'s, one person was killed and at least four others were wounded in a shooting at an industrial park in Bryan, Texas.
Three weeks earlier, on March 22, a
mass shooting occurred at a
King Soopers supermarket in
Boulder, Colorado. Ten people were killed, including a local on-duty police officer.
Three days after that, a man who police say went on a rampage at three spas in the Atlanta area, killing eight people, was charged with eight counts of murder in connection with the attacks.
On March 17, 2021, the South Carolina House gave key approval to a bill allowing people to carry an assault rifle while walking down a street.
In Texas, Colorado, and Georgia it is perfectly legal to walk down a city street carrying an assault rifle.
Today, according to the L.A.
Times, "A confrontation in a Tennessee high school that involved police officers responding to a report of a possible armed man left one person dead and an officer wounded, authorities said.
"No other persons were killed or wounded, police said, adding the scene had been secured at the Austin-East Magnet High School in Knoxville following the afternoon shooting. Authorities said only that a man was deceased but that another person was detained for further investigation.
"The school was the subject of media reports in February after three students were shot to death over a three-week span."
Last week, Republican governor Bill Lee signed off on legislation that would make Tennessee the latest state to soon allow most adults 21 and older to carry handguns — openly or concealed — without first clearing a background check and training.
Surreal.
Republicans do not have the brains to agree to reasonable controls on the sale of guns.
They also don't know how to talk. Their silence on this issue is deafening.
Surreal!
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