Watching the political ads of “prolife” state senate and gubernatorial hopefuls as Alabama’s primaries wrap up—just hours after 14 babies were murdered at their elementary school in Texas—in what world does it all make sense? pic.twitter.com/cpDyO6BIDi

— Abbey Crain (@AbbeyCrain) May 24, 2022

Tuesday 24th May—19 children and two adults were killed in a horrific shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas. This is now the second-deadliest school shooting in the USA.

The 18-year-old gunman, Salvador Ramos, shot his own grandmother on Tuesday morning before driving to Robb Elementary School wearing a bulletproof vest and carrying a rifle. He then entered several classrooms and began shooting.

The gunman reportedly bought the gun he used for his 18th birthday. So far in 2022, there have been 212 mass shootings in America. We’re not even halfway through the year.

Are you surprised? Because I’m not. In the slightest.

“Gun violence in this country is an epidemic, and it’s an international embarrassment,” Joe Biden declared.

But what is being done about gun violence?

A shooting happens. The President makes a speech about things needing to change. Nothing changes. Then it happens again. And again. And again.

Of course, I couldn’t write this piece without mentioning the Republican party. Because they have actually made it easier to carry weapons in Texas. Last September, a new law was passed stating that anyone over the age of 21 without any prior convictions could carry a gun. In the aftermath of the shooting, Texas Republicans made it plain that any sort of gun restriction would not happen. I guess they are more worried about women’s uteruses.

Of course, if things don’t change, nothing will change.

This only happens in America. If there is access to guns, there will be shootings. It’s a fact. Enough is enough. Nobody (especially children) should be losing their lives because of gun laws. No parent should have to receive a phone call to say that their child has been shot dead whilst learning in a classroom.

Wake up America.

Wake up Republican party. Your thoughts and prayers are meaningless. Take action.

I’m angry. The world is angry.

Words fail me at times like these.

These tweets sum up the carnage perfectly:

Every Republican in the state of Texas should have to stand in the Emergency Rsoom as children are being pronounced dead by doctors, then forced to look at the deceased children and inform their parents the 2nd amendment was more important.

— The Tao Of Now (@THETAOOFNOWTWO) May 24, 2022

Dear Republicans,

The word gay didn’t kill 14 kids and a teacher in Texas.
CRT didn’t do that.
It wasn’t a book you banned.
Or a mask.
It was a gun.
A person armed with a gun killed them.
A gun.
A. GUN.
A motherfucking gun.

— Jo ? (@JoJoFromJerz) May 24, 2022

“Why are we here?” Sen. Murphy presses fellow senators in emotional speech after Texas elementary school shooting.

“I am here on this floor, to beg, to literally get down on my hands and knees and beg my colleagues … find a way to pass laws that make this less likely.” pic.twitter.com/ts4VnbTJRH

— MSNBC (@MSNBC) May 24, 2022

Who wants to be in a country where you can’t process one massacre before another one happens? You can’t even grieve here.

— William C. (@williamcson) May 24, 2022

Texas: Where they force you to carry your baby to term, just so they can grow up and get shot in school.

— Jo ? (@JoJoFromJerz) May 24, 2022

I hope Republican voters know they killed those kids in Texas.

This doesn’t happen here in the UK or in most countries.

We like our kids breathing.

The extreme ideology, which you call the 2nd Amendment, is why so many guns are in circulation in the US.#Uvalde #GunControlNow

— Femi (@Femi_Sorry) May 25, 2022

hearing so many people say this elementary school shooting in uvalde texas is unimaginable when it’s the most imaginable thing in america.

— hasanabi (@hasanthehun) May 24, 2022

Another shooting in Texas, where guns are protected, and women aren’t.

— Derrick is PRO CHOICE♎ #BLM ?? (@Spawn_03) May 24, 2022

So there was another school shooting, this time at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas? Don’t worry everyone, conservatives are on it. pic.twitter.com/GJQggHnloQ

— Mister O’Bear (@MisterOBear1) May 24, 2022

14 children and a teacher have been killed in a shooting at an elementary school in Texas. Again, another school shooting. Again, mothers and fathers will have lost a child. Again, politicians will offer their “shock” and their “prayers”.
We will move on in a week. Again.

— Michael Steele (@MichaelSteele) May 24, 2022

#StopGunViolence pic.twitter.com/tKxgoxMKpc

— Jon Cooper (@joncoopertweets) May 25, 2022

Have I mentioned that @tedcruz is a shit stain today? Because blaming the school for the school shooting makes you a shit stain.

— David Weissman (@davidmweissman) May 25, 2022

Have I mentioned that @tedcruz is a shit stain today? Because blaming the school for the school shooting makes you a shit stain.

— David Weissman (@davidmweissman) May 25, 2022