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This time at a private Christian school in little, blue Madison Wisconsin. Five dead so far (including shooter, apparently); 5 others transported to hospitals.
You can Google it; here's
CNN's terse early summary.
Waaay too close to home, as my daughter, SIL and their kids (who attend public school) live within a mile.
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No worries.
Thoughts & prayers are in abundance.
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Ironically, this shooting occurred at the Abundant Life Christian School (ALCS for short…)
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Count has been revised to 3 dead (including shooter) and 6 injured. Does that count as good news?
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Watching the local news, I’ve heard “prayer” so many times - soo many times. They interviewed the mom of one of the kids at this school and asked her “What do you do [in this situation]?” and she said “Pray” - “God is good, God is gracious”.
:X
My little rant: prayer ain’t the answer here. It ain’t working.
It.
Ain’t.
Working.
This latest shooting was at a Christian school…named “Abundant Life”. And it was committed by a female teen.
There’s no place to hide. No higher power that will keep your kids safe. No “school resource officer” that’s going to prevent it.
Damn it, stop praying and hoping that it won’t happen to you or your loved ones.
Do something!
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There’s literally no reason you can’t pray AND do something else. I think most people agree there is something else that can be done, though not on what.
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kj wrote:
There’s literally no reason you can’t pray AND do something else. I think most people agree there is something else that can be done, though not on what.
Yeah, but almost no one says that.
Thoughts and prayers. Prayers. Even the school just says “Pray for us”, not
We should do something about this that might actually work.
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Speaking as a person with over 30 years of experience advocating for gun responsibility, I really hope none of you has people including children murdered who are close to you. Then the first thing you're supposed to say to anyone is something political about gun control. Don't you dare grieve or ask for comfort!
Praying is a strong emotional comfort for many people when they are grieving or in any form of distress. Knowing others are including you in prayer is also a comfort.
If you can't be kind, then leave them alone, and do the politics yourself.