This time in Thousand Oaks, California at a college gathering. The shooter was a Marine veteran using an illegal magazine on a firearm. The shooting comes less than two weeks after the mass shooting at a Jewish Synagogue in New York that killed 11 innocent people. And unfortunately, the NRA and Trump are still trying to sell the same falsehood that mass shootings can be prevented if some one with a gun was present at the time.
The police officer who answered the call at the shooting had a gun and was killed by the shooter. The excuses given for doing nothing to reverse the mass killings is hopeless. Only recognizing the problem and working towards real solutions will the answer be found. Trump's rhetoric that it would all stop when he became President has proven tough talk has no teeth and a major problem block to take care of a serious issue that claims the lives of innocent people.
The serious problem of mass shootings and killings in America require a serious response from serious people. The lack of serious people in Washington to find common ground is appalling and innocent life is still at risk. What a shame.
This commentary written by Joe Lorio
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