Hello world, can we get real...seriously? Let this resonate with you for a moment. Easter weekend, over 140 people shot in several cities across this country. These incidents occurred at parties, malls, or family gatherings. According to a recent CNN report, these random shootings are becoming another pandemic in America. In 4 months, 155 mass shootings from coast to coast with many cities having repetitive events. Where does this all end? How do we get a grip on all of this gun violence? I know that this question has been asked over countless times. Now, May 2022 sees 21 elementary school children and teacher murdered by a 18 year old young man in Uvalde, Texas packing an AR-15 assault rifle . My gosh...I have a real heavy heart mainly because I am from Texas and even in my wildest dreams I would not have envisioned this! My heart goes out to each and everyone in Uvalde, Texas that lost someone in this senseless act. I have grand children the age of some of these who lost their lives and I've got to tell you, if this doesn't break your heart, I don't know what will. Our history of gun violence and death is not something that we as Texans are proud of. We have a long list of incidents that has painted Texas a violent, gun reveling, cowboy shoot'em up kind of a state. This last situation leaves a lot to be desired. Please don't judge our great state by what has taken place historically. We have proven time and time again, we have the propensity to rebound and come back from the brink of destruction.
Honestly, I've wrestled with this incident over and over again, and no matter what conclusion I draw from this, it doesn't make sense. I don't know if we can ever wrap our hands around this particular pandemic, but I've heard it stated that you can only eat an elephant a bite at a time. We can't save all of these young men collectively, but I do believe we can save them one at a time. We need to adopt the mantra, "each one, reach one!"
In several of my past blogs, I have pointed out several of what I believe are critical steps to recapture these young men. But then much to my surprise, a subway shooting in Brooklyn, New York by a 62 year old perpetrator has thrown a monkey wrench in all of this. I don't have to tell you that this is a major shift from what we have previously seen. What this signals and what this may indicate no one knows for certain, but this is dramatically trending in the wrong direction. If our older generation starts to emulate or piggyback
off the actions of a younger generation that is already out of control, this could be an even bigger issue.
Having read the above, "You Can't be That Happy Right Now!"
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