There's been yet another horrible mass shooting today. This time it was at a movie theater where the latest Batman movie was playing. The shooter rose out of the dark and burst into the enthusiastic crowd who were just out to have some fun. He killed a dozen people and injured many others. He even booby trapped his own apartment, I suppose in hopes of killing cops who might arrive to search his apartment after the shooting. He was right. They came to search the apartment, but they wisely approached with great caution and found the lethal devices the man had set up before they detonated.
It is no solace to anyone to know that the man may be mentally ill. People have lost family members to the senseless act of a shooter. Arguments are raging over how to stop these things, and yet most likely, nothing will change. People will still be able to go out and purchase guns under the guise of protecting themselves. Others will continue in their isolation to brood about their situations and then to plan mass destruction of complete strangers.
Network news will play hours and hours of horrific sights and sounds from the shooting. Reporters will interview victims and surmise about the motive.
Families will grieve. They will bear the open wounds of survivors for the rest of their lives. Security will be temporarily increased at movie theaters, and gun dealers will continue to sell guns.
It is truly a sad day. One that will be swept away by other events tomorrow.
I hope those who died will rest in peace and that those who were left behind will some how be able to continue on.
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