Oh my God. Eighteen dead.

[nolabear]

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I can’t. It’s too fucking much. Guns have to go.

[sinkingfeeling]

1. Scratch Walmart off that list of places to go.

[nolabear]

2. Damn near everywhere.

How are we to survive this. Emigrate? Seek refugee status? God, I just don’t know what to do any more.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

5. Because Walmarts are being routinely shot up, right?

If you avoided every place that had one mass shooting you'd really not be able to leave your home.

Of course, I'd encourage you never to shop at Walmart in the first place. Donate money directly to those Republicans you want to support; don't let the Walton family decide for you.

[El Supremo]

3. I didn't think it was going to that bad.

Must have had some rapid fire gun.

Way to go Trump and NRA.

[torius]

4. If Trump himself was a shooter

The MAGATs would cheer. They would chant, “Shoot ‘em up!” They would say he’s not racist, he’s just getting rid of an infestation. That if they can’t have the wall, they can have the guns.

He must be pleased as punch right now.

[lunasun]

6. Might vote for trump if he shoots "right" person

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100212340853

[tblue37]

7. Check your subject line. I know you don't mean "good." nt

[nolabear]

8. Oh shit...

Thanks. I’m a little bonkers.

[lpbk2713]

9. I remember the elation of shopping for back to school stuff.

Now they will never go to school again because that lunatic had access to an assault rifle.

[elocs]

10. So how likely is it to die by a mass shooting or terrorist attack?

"The lifetime risk of dying in a mass shooting is around 1 in 110,154 — about the same chance of dying from a dog attack or legal execution."

"“People are far more likely to be the victim of a property crime or a very traditional street crime than they are to be the victim of an incident of mass violence or terrorism,” Joseph Schafer, Ph.D., a professor of criminal justice at Southern Illinois University, told Healthline."

Yes, this is horrible, but the reality is that guns are not going anywhere. When it comes to gun violence, you can run but there's nowhere to hide because it can happen in the most blue or red state.
My state of Wisconsin has one of the most lax drunk driving penalties in the nation and I'm far more worried about being killed by a drunk driver than a mass shooting and DWI fatalities are just as tragic and even bloody in snatching innocent people from life with no warning.
So we should do what we can to confront gun violence, but frankly after Sandy Hook with all of those little kids gunned down and murdered in their school--if that didn't outrage America and cause a real change about guns, what will?