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  Is   Our National Tolerance of Annunciation Tragedies   Why You Don't Need an Assault Rifle Like many people, I’ve had some time to think about the Annunciation horror. (Not that I wanted to.) In the brief interim there have been several more school and mass shootings so one might ask, is there any point to talk about this sort of thing anymore? (Although apprently I can't help myself, here’s a link to a very brief excerpt of a post of mine from 2023.)  April 2023 Excerpt Seriously, I’m amazed that we still talk about this stuff at all. But we must.  Sadly, this national psychosis is nothing new for us (after all we are a notoriously violent people.) The first recorded school shooting in America was 1840 and then one every few years thereafter with one or two kids killed - until 1966 when Charles Whitman killed 18 people at the Univ. Of Texas. There were several more, of course, until the next big one, Columbine High School in 1999 where 16 people died. ...

Excerpt From April 2023 Post  Our country suffered yet another mass shooting at a school, the   39th   school gun incident this year. (Nashville, 3/27.)   Not the worst only the latest - an d it's only freaking March! If you've already forgotten it, don't worry, another one will come along shortly - count on it, this is the USA after all. Sad Update: We didn't have to wait long. There was another mass shooting today, Mon 4/10 - the day after I published this post. Terrible as any shooting is, at least this one wasn't a school. We were subjected, of course, to  more pointless hand wringing with thoughts and prayers by  politicians and other apologists for our insane country. The Tennessee state government acted fast though. Did they implement some gun restrictions? Of course not! Instead they expelled some legislators who protested lack of action on same. You've got to be S& @ $+^g kidding me! There is no longer any point in even getting angry - we ...

 . . . To   Whatever Comes Next Sep 1 st , Last Day of Minnesota State Fair                                                                                                                                                                                                        Sept 2nd   Okay, a bit of an exaggeration but that’s what it seems like .     Note: I am not commenting on the horrific tragedy that occurred at Annunciation Church last month at this time. I sim...