Prayers and Condolences

“Prayers and condolences”… an oft used platitude uttered in that moment when one should say more and yet what is there to say? Oh yes… you could say, “No child, teacher or anyone else should ever feel unsafe in an American school.” True enough but then what is being done to ensure their safety? Nothing. Not a thing. Because this isn’t the right time and never is because the economic and political power of the gun lobby carries more weight than the desire to protect our children. Because their real power, the power of their membership, has been wrongly convinced that AR15s are their God given and constitutional right and those rights are more important than the rights of our children to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. The propaganda has left the machine even before the bodies are cold.