Jeff Tiedrich tweet on the Santa Clarita school shooting:

[George II]

Link to tweet

[pandr32]

1. 100 percent tells it like it is.

[smirkymonkey]

2. If only President "Tells It Like It Is" could be this honest.

[Polly Hennessey]

3. My horror is that I am beginning to

have a lack of interest. I still care and always think about how these episodes change people’s lives. It is so wrong, yet continues at a steady pace. Thought: Americans choose to live in a gun culture. Why are we surprised or shocked when a mass shooting occurs.

[murielm99]

4. Damn, you are so right.

My husband is puttering around today. I usually tell him about these stories. A couple of them have hit close to home in the past.

I have not bothered to talk to him about this today.

I do still care. I am simply becoming weary.

[SDJay]

15. Sadly, I'd Probably Feel the Same Way...

but for the fact that I have a 7-year-old girl and twin 2-year-old boys. Since my daughter started going to school, I have the same sickening thoughts in the back of my head EVERY SINGLE TIME I drop her off: What if? Is her classroom far enough from the gate? Would he have a direct shot at her?

It's beyond depressing and it's enraging to me. My wife is a dual US-Canadian citizen along with our children, and with each one of these, we draw closer to moving up there to educate our children. At least they're not going to be shot at like wild game there.

How fucked up is our society where this is not only happening, but almost becoming so "normal" that it's hardly even noticed anymore? Ugh.

[whathehell]

5. This American doesn't "choose to live in a gun culture"

Studies show that the majority of Americans favor universal background checks and stricter gun laws.
We're being held hostage by the NRA Gun Lobby.

[Cosmocat]

7. Not really

cause this problem has been going on for three decades now, and to whatever extent polling shows that people favor common sense gun fire arm regulation, when it comes time to vote they find a reason to keep electing the assholes who keep us frozen in this situation.

[They_Live]

11. August 1966

Was when it started for me. I was one and half years old and this was less than a quarter mile away from our house.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Texas_tower_shooting

[whathehell]

18. They didn't "vote for an asshole" when they voted for Obama..

nor when they voted for Hillary Clinton...I think things are changing

[Polly Hennessey]

9. But they do.

As cosmocat said, Americans keep electing politicians who do nothing. It is easy to say, I am for sensible gun control but too difficult to elect people who could make a change. Who thought it would be so hard. No, oftentimes, what people say is different from what they do.

[whathehell]

16. Who are "They"?...Most Americans voted AGAINST Trump

He lost the popular vote by at least Three Million..That fact alone means Trump Voters can't be conflated with the American people as a whole.

[lunatica]

8. I have the opposite reaction to this

Not surprise or shock though. Just a deep visceral sick feeling in my body because I’ve gone beyond emotional saturation. I feel like my body is reacting to poison, trying to get rid of it. To repulse it.

[OMGWTF]

6. Jeff Tiedrich is a very sage thinker; I appreciate every one of his tweets.

[Aristus]

10. "Law-abiding gun-owner" purchases gun, purchases ammunition, transports both

with intent to commit mass-murder, and commits no crime until the second he opens fire.


Meanwhile, thousands of non-violent citizens sit in jail cells for the mere possession of drugs.

[Lonestarblue]

12. Around six people died from vaping and Trump declared a ban on flavored e-cigarettes.

I’m not saying that is wrong, but thousands have been murdered with guns—and continue to be murdered daily—and all we ever get from Trump and Republicans is thoughts and prayers. What a sick group of people we have in government.

[NNadir]

13. It's witty and perhaps spot on...

...but I can't, as a father, appreciate wit when discussing the death of children.

I grieve to live in a country where things like this persist and I wonder what is wrong with us that we can't stop it.

[matt819]

14. The tweet pretty much sums it up

Also, now is not a good time to talk about gun control.

Things to look for as the store evolves: resource officers, response time, teachers/staff armed?, missed signal, active shooter drills/procedures, etc.

Although as Tiedrich observes, we'll probably forget about this shooting within a few days. so the things I mentioned probably don't matter.

[Talitha]

17. Do you remember what happened on June 14th 2017 ?

Four people were shot during a practice session for the annual Charity Congressional Baseball Game.

Since then, there hasn't been another shooting during their baseball practice.

They know how to protect their own asses.

But our children keep getting slaughtered.