Like the rest of the country, I woke up this morning to the tragic news out of Las Vegas. I was heartbroken that this had happened once again, but quickly, my heartbreak turned into pure, unadulterated anger. When will enough be enough?
It wasn't enough after Columbine.
It wasn't enough after Aurora.
It wasn't enough after Fort Hood.
It wasn't enough after San Bernadino.
It wasn't enough after Sandy Hook.
It wasn't enough after Pulse.
It wasn't enough after Charleston.
It wasn't enough after any of the horrific massacres that have happened in the United States because there are basically too many to name.
And last night in Las Vegas, the deadliest mass shooting in the history of our country. Is that enough for you? Fifty lives lost. Over four hundred people injured. How about that? Enough? Mothers, fathers, sons, daughters, brothers, sisters: people listening to country music. One night, one minute, and the lives of countless people are forever changed. It *IS* enough. It just is.
Prayer is lovely, don't get me wrong. But the time for prayer after something this disgustingly appalling is long past. It's time for action. I know that people shoot people and guns aren't entirely to blame, but automatic weapons sure make mass murder a hell of a lot easier, don't they? Those weapons have no place in our society because nothing good can come out of having them. I don't particularly care if you quote the Second Amendment to me because the world today is quite a bit different from when that was written, and everyone knows it.
Use your soul for prayer if that makes you feel whole, but you need to use your brain to make some serious choices about what happens next. If the statistics don't scare you, you're not doing it right, I promise you that.
Research.
Propose new laws.
Run for office.
Vote.
Decide that enough is unequivocally enough. We are better than this, America; we have to be better than this.
