There's really not much new to add, again. Again. So, pretty much all that can be done is repeat things over and over again. Again. Because then the points don't go away, and the focus can't be changed to something else. Three schoolchildren and three adults were shot to death in Nashville yesterday. Six people dead, killed by a woman with two assault weapons. Fewer doors wouldn't have helped, she shot up the door with one of her assault weapons and just walked in. A good guy with a gun wouldn't have helped. Assault weapons would have blown that good person away every time, especially if they just have a single-shot pistol. And often the bad guy with the gun (sorry, I mean with the assault weapon) will also be wearing protective tactical gear. "Thoughts and prayers" (tm) won't help, because they haven't helped yet, year after year after year. Though if one is going to send "thoughts and prayers" (tm), at least make them about there no longer being any more mass killings. It's true that now is not the time to talk about safe gun laws -- that time was long before this mass killing. And it again bears repeating, again, that the vaunted Second Amendment grants the right of gun ownership to "militias," rather than individuals, and further, also makes clear very specifically that they not only must be regulated, but "well-regulated." By the way, when people say we need to ban assault weapons, it's important to realize that that's not phrased correctly. What we need is to re-enact the assault weapons ban that was already the law, under which mass killings plummeted, because Republicans and the corporate-owned NRA terrorist organization got it repealed. And it's important, again, to add a reminder about Rep. Andy Clyde (R-GA), again. He's the congressman who thought it would be a really fun idea to pass out assault weapon lapel pins for his fellow GOP-representatives to wear in place of the American flag pin they usually hide behind. No word yet how many Republican members of Congress were wearing their assault weapons pins yesterday. Or if Rep. Clyde was handing out any. Now, I should add one touching statement that released by Republican Congressman Andy Ogles, who represents the district in Tennessee where the mass killing took place yesterday. As you might imagine, the assault weapon mass killing had a notable impact on him. He said -- “My family and I are devastated by the tragedy that took place at The Covenant School in Nashville this morning. We are sending our thoughts and prayers to the families of those lost. As a father of three, I am utterly heartbroken by this senseless act of of violence.” The name "Andy Clyde" might be familiar to you. He's the Republican representative who sent out the follow family Christmas card this year -- It was very nice that Rep. Andy Clyde mentioned his family in his statement, since one can see how meaningful assault weapons are to his family, having twice as many as the two that the mass-shooter had when she killed the three children and three adults. And yes, the use of "mass" in relation to his family Christmas card takes on grisly context. So, between Rep. Andy Clyde and Rep. Andy Ogles, it wasn't a good day for Republican "Andy" congressmen yesterday. Perhaps they can form a club.
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