{"id":6567,"date":"2022-05-26T13:47:16","date_gmt":"2022-05-26T18:47:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/labmind\/?p=6567"},"modified":"2022-07-24T22:48:55","modified_gmt":"2022-07-25T03:48:55","slug":"uvalde-children-massacre-will-nothing-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/labmind\/2022\/05\/uvalde-children-massacre-will-nothing-change.html","title":{"rendered":"Uvalde children massacre: Will nothing change?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

Soon after the Sandy Hook shooting in 2012, I read an excellent article in the British news magazine The Economist <\/em>that concluded that one thing was certain during the fallout of the massacre: nothing would change in the United States.\u00a0 The author argued that despite the public outcry, nothing would change.<\/p>\n

Here we are, ten years later, and we continue to face the same unspeakable horror.\u00a0 Earlier today, I watched an interview on television of the father of a beautiful girl who is now dead.\u00a0 In the midst of tears he uttered, \u201chow do you shoot my baby?\u201d\u00a0 I feel lightheaded and nauseous every time I see pictures of the children senselessly killed in Uvalde, Texas at Robb Elementary School.<\/p>\n

Whenever these types of shootings occur, there is a tone of inevitability that hovers over the conversation. \u00a0Mental illness is invoked.\u00a0 Insufficient security measures are implemented.\u00a0 School children are trained with active shooter drills.<\/p>\n

Our young people in general are struggling with depression and anxiety in unprecedented levels.<\/p>\n

Our young people have access to endless influences, good and evil, through social media and the general use of the internet.<\/p>\n

I do not understand what need exists for an average citizen to own weapons designed for war \u2013 designed to kill another human being.\u00a0 I further do not understand how these can end up in the hands of young men who in turn perform unspeakable acts with them.<\/p>\n

How will those who have the power and authority to effect a change respond?<\/p>\n

Will nothing change? \u00a0Is the author of the article from The Economist<\/em> correct?<\/p>\n

I pray for the consolation of the parents and family of those killed, and for the healing of a whole close knit community.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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