Evil, Sick, Insane

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If you live in the US you may be hearing about or reading about a mass shooting in my area. A man drove to his place of employment just before second shift and opened fire with an AK47. This was after randomly shooting at cars and people all the way between the town where he lived and the town where the Excel manufacturing plant was. He ran someone off the road and stole their vehicle as well. Gun laws did not stop him. He was a convicted felon. A young woman who knew this sold him two guns. Mental health did not stop him. He lived in a community that is known for mental health programs. Churches did not stop him. We are very much part of the Bible belt. We have a strong presence of many religious groups. Love did not stop him. His anger was triggered because his girlfriend filed a protection from abuse case and he was served at work. Indeed, that seems to have been the trigger for this spree. Brave public servants who responded quickly, whether off duty or on, stopped him. The police chief had to shoot him. The public helpers picked up the pieces, they applied tourniquets, they transported the fourteen injured people from the scene. The communities around joined together in prayer, in remembering the three other dead people. As one young man who took four rounds said, from his hospital bed, his heart went out to the shooter. This is where I am from. These are the people I live with. They do what they must, and help their neighbors. The stand in the line of fire, they pray, then they pick up the pieces.