Monday, December 16, 2024

Another Day













Few details at the moment, but the inalienable right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness abruptly ended for -- at the moment -- two people, thanks to the violent exercise of 2nd Amendment rights by a third, who subsequently shot herself.

I guess the wingers will need to skip the hardened doors distraction, since the shooter was a student. 

And with it being a Christian Academy (in Madison, of all places!), probably won't see them trotting out the "we need to put Jesus back in the classroom," etc. 

So, we'll get the other tropes, more security, metal detectors, invasive searches, until it's forgotten about, which will happen. 

The only way a school shooting will last through a few news cycles before everyone forgets about it is if, sorry to be so candid, the body count is exceptionally high or if there are other aggravating circumstances, which a part of me thinks could be the case here, not that I have any evidence...