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Texas School Shooting Leaves 19 Children Dead

- gunman kills his own grandmother, 19 kids, and 2 adults

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Here we go again. A Texas school shooting has left 23 people dead. Sadly, 19 of them were children.

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We’ve heard it all far too many times before and now, here we are again. Another school shooting. Another deadly day with more than a dozen casualties. Another opportunity to offer “thoughts and prayers” to parents mourning the shooting of their beloved, young, and now-deceased children.

This time, the mass shooting took place at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde County, Texas. The school specialized in educating 2nd, 3rd, and 4th-grade children.

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The Texas school shooting was executed by Salvador Ramos, a Uvalde High School student who only recently turned 18 and therefore became eligible to legally purchase the assault weapon he used in the deadly melee.’

According to police officials, Ramos first shot and killed his grandmother (for unknown reasons). Next, he left his home in a truck but crashed it in a ditch just outside the Robb Elementary School. While wearing body armor and armed with an AR-15 style rifle and numerous magazines, Ramos then entered the school and began shooting randomly at the 7 to 10-year-olds and their teachers. Soon thereafter, the suspect traded fire with Uvalde ISD officers and Border Patrol Tactical Unit agents and was killed on the spot.

“U.S. Border Patrol Agents responded to a law enforcement request for assistance re an active shooter situation inside Robb Elementary School in Uvalde. Upon entering the building, Agents & other law enforcement officers faced gunfire from the subject, who was barricaded inside,” a DHS spokeswoman said in a statement posted to Twitter.

So, what exactly prompted Ramos to purchase an assault weapon the moment he was legally allowed to do so, kill his grandmother, don protective body armor, then murder 19 school children and 2 school officials before succumbing to gunfire himself? Sadly, his motive is still yet unknown.

What is known is that Ramos sent a private direct message to an anonymous woman on Instagram showing photographs of his new weapon and offering a hint that he was planning a killing spree.

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“I got a lil secret,” Ramos told the woman who barely knows him and is cooperating with authorities in their investigation.

In a prime-time address to the nation, an emotional President Biden asked for prayer, reflection, and empathy — but also demanded political action.

“How many scores of little children who witnessed what happened — seen their friends die as if they’re in a battlefield, for god’s sake,” Mr. Biden said as his voice trailed off. “To lose a child is like having a piece of your soul ripped away. There’s a hollowness in your chest,” he continued.

“When in god’s name are we going to stand up to the gun lobby?” Why are we willing to live with this carnage?” the president added.

Although Mr. Biden’s question was rhetorical, the answer is clear.

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President Biden addresses the nation regarding the Texas school shooting

Republicans on Capitol Hill are controlled by the gun lobby, so expect them to do the same as they’ve done over the last several school shootings: absolutely nothing.

They shout about being “pro-life” and hell-bent on protecting the lives of unborn children, yet turn their backs on living and breathing children who are murdered by guns in a classroom.

Their solution is that the only thing that can kill a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun. Or, in other words, they want MORE guns in the hands of adults who maybe had a few beers then went to a gun range ONCE — or had 15 minutes of training on how to safely use a pistol.

They’d rather see an amateur shootout with innocent children in the crossfire of bullets than introduce legislation to outlaw military-style assault weapons that are much too powerful for hunting and clearly sold to rip through human flesh during a mass murder.

So, once again, our thoughts and prayers go out to the victims and their families of the Texas school shooting. With the GOP blocking the creation of laws that could prevent such shootings, regrettably “thoughts and prayers” is the best we can do.

“If the needle didn’t move after Sandy Hook, it’s not gonna move now.”

– Charles Ramsey, CNN law enforcement analyst

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Truthiz1

“When in god’s name are we going to stand up to the gun lobby?” Why are we willing to live with this carnage?” – Pres. Biden H/t: DJ

“If the needle didn’t move after Sandy Hook, it’s not gonna move now.” – Charles Ramsey, CNN law enforcement analyst  H/t: DJ

BEFORE Sandy Hook, I used to believe that White America would never give a fig about gun violence as long as the victims were primarily Blacks and Hispanics. Silly me. I thought the minute little White children were the victims that’s when White America would finally become enraged and rise up to fight to save THEIR children…especially White mothers. 

Sandy Hook revealed a sorrowful truth about White America, especially White mothers.  

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Truthiz1

It’s true the Republican party is in the pockets of the NRA and gun manufacturers.

Doesn’t matter how many people are slaughtered while attending a concert or church/synagogue prayer service or even trying to buy groceries. It doesn’t matter how many children are slaughtered while attending school…even little White children in a predominantly White elementary school.

I could go on and on. None of it matters.

But the same can also be said of Joe Manchin, a Democrat and really bad piece of work. He too is in the pockets of the NRA and gun manufacturers. And none of it – ALL of the blood shed, lives lost, lives permanently injured – none of it matters to him either.

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Truthiz1

Not gonna let MY people off the hook either.

WE (Black America) have failed Ourselves and Our children too!!! We’ve got (mostly) young Black male terrorists running loose in Black communities terrorizing Us literally to death with their guns are we’re doing WHAT?!

We raise all kinds of H*LL when a White cop kills a Black person but I hear CRICKETS when it comes to Blacks KILLING Blacks!?! What the H*LL is wrong with Us?!

It’s Pure Madness and I’M SO SICK OF IT!!!

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Mr.BD

My coworker showed me this on Facebook today and it says it all. “Lets take a moment to honor the sacrifice of our brave school children who lay down their lives to protect our right to bear arms.” The fact we let little children die just so we can own a gun tells us everything we need to know about America.

Truthiz1

“Lets take a moment to honor the sacrifice of our brave school children who lay down their lives to protect our right to bear arms.” 

BD, I have to respectfully disagree with that quote. None of those “brave” children laid down their lives “to protect our right to bear arms.”

Those “brave” children and ALL of the other “brave” children who have died as a result of gun violence in America, especially mass shootings, had NO choice in the matter. They. Were. Slaughtered!

For NO reason at all.

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Mr.BD

Hey Truth it is sarcasm. These kids are just trying to go get a education not die. The point is we keep letting our kids get killed all just so we can own some guns. It is crazy.

Truthiz1

Oh. I’m sorry BD!

I am so angry right now I’m about ready to pounce (as you can tell) so sarcasm is lost on me today.

BD kids are being slaughtered left and right. People are being slaughtered left and right.

…and No One on Capitol Hill is doing a d*mn thing!

Truthiz1

Okay so Capitol Hill is NOT going to fix this for Us. They have failed Us for decades.

So how do WE The People fix this? WE have to DO something!!!

Seriously, I’m feeling useless here and children are dying! People are dying!

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Truthiz1

‘Those are our children:’ ‘It is everywhere in America’

CNN’s John King {showed} map of U.S. dotted with school shootings since 2008

“I’m going to be quiet. Just watch the map fill in,” King said during his daily political and news program on Wednesday. “These are just school shootings in the United States of America since 2008.”  

King was silent as dozens of red dots popped up on the screen, usually used to show vote totals and electoral results on election night. After 22 seconds, the map was covered from coast to coast with some 500 school shootings in America since 2008. […] – The Hill, May 25, 2022

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