Today, I looked at the number of school lockdowns just in the US; then at the killings. At schools. In shopping malls or groceries. The trauma that can’t be erased. No more than the trauma for children in DC killed or who witnessed killings. There is no sense to be made. May their memories be for blessings.
Today when Joe and Jill paid homage to those who died in Uvalde, I got very tearful. After seeing the video footage of the so-called police at the school while the shooting was raking place, I got mad. Furious, actually! Beautiful souls lives were taken and for what?? Just like your cartoon says, Darrin, for the sake of “gun fetish”.
I was REALLY TEMPTED to leave a comment citing Freud's views about " overcompensation ", but then I remembered that this was NOT the time nor the place for that kind of thing.
Did we forget about doing background checks on potential gun - owners ? mental health / emotional stability checks ? Or are we just going to start giving weapons out to anybody who asks for one ?
writing this through tears brought upon by your powerful cartoon (what a shame to call something so poignant and serious a cartoon)- hard to believe it's been a year, truly seems as if it was just yesterday- yet, if anything, it is getting worse, not better... so glad i left Amerikkka 14 years ago; i've NEVER felt in danger even once anytime anywhere i've lived since: not in Thailand, Denmark, UK or Germany
The Uvalde shooting gutted me.
Then 5 months later that county went deep red, voting to re elect Abbott for governor, etc. I was stunned. More guns they said.
Thoughts and prayers.
Today, I looked at the number of school lockdowns just in the US; then at the killings. At schools. In shopping malls or groceries. The trauma that can’t be erased. No more than the trauma for children in DC killed or who witnessed killings. There is no sense to be made. May their memories be for blessings.
Congress and the NRA have gutted our own future. 😡😭
Today when Joe and Jill paid homage to those who died in Uvalde, I got very tearful. After seeing the video footage of the so-called police at the school while the shooting was raking place, I got mad. Furious, actually! Beautiful souls lives were taken and for what?? Just like your cartoon says, Darrin, for the sake of “gun fetish”.
I was REALLY TEMPTED to leave a comment citing Freud's views about " overcompensation ", but then I remembered that this was NOT the time nor the place for that kind of thing.
Did we forget about doing background checks on potential gun - owners ? mental health / emotional stability checks ? Or are we just going to start giving weapons out to anybody who asks for one ?
writing this through tears brought upon by your powerful cartoon (what a shame to call something so poignant and serious a cartoon)- hard to believe it's been a year, truly seems as if it was just yesterday- yet, if anything, it is getting worse, not better... so glad i left Amerikkka 14 years ago; i've NEVER felt in danger even once anytime anywhere i've lived since: not in Thailand, Denmark, UK or Germany