Uvalde - the followup

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"The number one killer of children ..." #121
Thanks for this S2.
I don't recall the details, other than I was listening to the radio one day (years or decades ago), heard an "expert" say:

Some parents sincerely committed to the safety of their own child might believe vetoing their own child playing at the home of a neighbor with a gun made sense.
My recollection is, the expert said actually, statistically it's playing at the home with the swimming pool which is the greater danger to that child.
Whether it was a Freakonomics coauthor or not I don't recall.

BUT !!

Cinematographically #121 looks like a thoughtfully composed work of art.
I wonder if it will ever matter. (meaning: was it worth the effort?)(doesn't result in much political / legal action, but at least succeeds in preventing the issue from being forgotten?)

"This is not the day to talk about safety ..." #122
Do I remember this ? A few years ago?

note:
In New York State the governor is an elected position. Not sure what Georgia's problem is ...
... other than the obvious? Guns more important (to Georgia voters?) than children?
 
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"31 school shootings" #124
Looks like an old photo to me. And if the "31 school shootings" stat is as out-of-date as the pic, we're due for an update. Here's a more recent pic.

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Anyone that's seen a few "westerns" on TV should know, even on the frontier, shooting an unarmed man discredits the shooter.
But massacring children plumbs the limit of self-disgrace.

There have been 417 school shootings since Columbine

Through 2017, the country averaged about 11 school shootings a year, never eclipsing 16 in a single year. But starting in 2018, violent incidents started ...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/interactive/school-shootings-database/
 
And this from Colorado ....

Victims of 2022 mass shooting at an LGBTQ+ club sue county for not enforcing red flag laws

Families and victims also accuse the nightclub's owners in the lawsuit of winnowing Club Q's security detail from five or more people to just one in the years leading up to the shooting.

Victims and mothers of those killed in the mass shooting at an LGBTQ+ nightclub in Colorado Springs in 2022 have filed lawsuits alleging that the murders could've been prevented if the sheriff's office used the state's red flag law after clear warning signs that the gunman intended to commit violence.

The plaintiffs in the two lawsuits, filed Sunday, include survivor Barrett Hudson, who still has three bullets in his body from that night, and other victims and relatives. They spoke about the legal action at a news conference Tuesday — which is the two year anniversary of the shooting at the nightclub, Club Q.

Families and victims also accuse the nightclub's owners in the lawsuit of winnowing Club Q's security detail from five or more people to just one in the years leading up to the shooting, prioritizing profits over safety.

"Club Q advertised itself as a 'safe place' for LGBTQIA+ individuals. But that was a façade," read both the complaints, which allege negligence among other allegations.

A central focus of both lawsuits was the El Paso County commissioners' and the then sheriff's refusal to enforce Colorado's red flag law passed in 2019, which allows law enforcement to temporarily take someone's firearm if they are deemed a threat to themselves or others.

Natalie Sosa, a spokesperson for El Paso County, said it does not comment on pending litigation.

The county commissioners and sheriff saw the red flag law as an encroachment on gun rights, and passed a resolution to be a "Second Amendment preservation county" and, alongside the then sheriff, vowed to "actively resist" the bill, according to court documents.

The lawsuits argue that .....

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