From Creators.com: Gun Violence in America Is the Definition of Insanity
Statement from AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler on yesterday’s mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas:
America’s labor movement is absolutely devastated by the loss of 19 children and two teachers who were shot and killed in their classrooms yesterday afternoon at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas.
On a day when the teachers and students of Robb Elementary School were planning to gear up for summer vacation, they instead faced the unimaginable. Classrooms should be the safest place for a child to learn and for educators to teach.
Yesterday’s horrific tragedy occurred just 10 days after the racially motivated shooting of 10 Black people who were grocery shopping in Buffalo, New York.
These mass shootings are a stark reminder of why the Senate must stop hiding behind arcane procedures to avoid preventing gun violence and take action. Because working people deserve safe workplaces without fear of a mass shooting. And America’s children deserve to learn and thrive in safe schools.
Our hearts are with the family members, friends and loved ones of the victims, the Uvalde community, and educators and school staff everywhere.
By BONNIE JEAN FELDKAMP
I cannot keep up with the horror and my aching heart helps no one. Offerings of "thoughts and prayers" make me want to gouge my own eyes out. Gun violence in America is the definition of insanity. Guns matter more. Let's just be honest. How you interpret the Second Amendment is literally the hill Americans are willing to die on.
We are burying children.
How does the scene in Texas this week not absolutely gut you in a way that prompts some sort of action? Or the 10 people killed in Buffalo, New York? At the very least it should send you running to the voting booth to vote for candidates who value existing children over unwanted pregnancies. But the Kentucky primary took place just days after the Buffalo mass shooting and had a mere 19% turnout. So, when it comes down to putting a vote behind those thoughts and prayers... meh. But don't forget to binge watch "The Handmaid's Tale" or "This Is Us." Because priorities.