I assume this made the news -- I don't know because our local news was covering it all day and I couldn't see the national news -- but there was a mass shooting today only fourteen miles away -- in fact, in the same town where I went to a baseball game a couple of weeks ago and got stopped by a train.
Six people died and more than twenty were injured. Some of them are being treated here in my town.
Somehow it is more horrifying when it is close by.
It happened at a July 4 parade, and the shooter was on a roof, looking down and shooting off his high-powered rifle. Children and grandparents were gunned down. All festivities up and down the lakeside were cancelled.
The shooter almost got away. They didn't catch him until late in the day, when a cop spotted his vehicle. Really good police work, because in the morning, they didn't even know who he was.
I felt sick all day, but I did feel better once he was caught. Honestly, I didn't know if it was even safe to go out, not knowing where he was.
I don't understand how this can keep happening. Our country has gone crazy.
July 5th, 2022 at 04:17 am 1656991020
I was two blocks from the finish line at the Boston Marathon when the first bomb went off. I am still angry about the damage and loss.
The police were very professional in providing information and quickly catching the guy.
But no place is safe.
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July 5th, 2022 at 01:12 pm 1657023145
I’m sorry let me get off my soapbox, praying for you, the family members of the victims as well as the community that this incident took place
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July 6th, 2022 at 02:01 pm 1657112460
Definitely a symptom of a country gone awry. The polarization and increasing extremism of both our political parties prevents compromise and the enactment of reasonable legislation.
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July 11th, 2022 at 11:36 pm 1657579015
When they wrote it they were using muskets and not automatic rifles and extra large magazines. Nor do I understand why hunters need either of those two things?
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