@Maxfieldripken@mastodon.social It does "crush" most of us. Restating the obvious hoping they will "get it" The US normalized gun violence, then doubled down on it after 2012 when 20 innocent elementary school children were shot and killed while learning their ABCs, instead of immediately enacting strict gun laws what was the response? Texas decided : "It's my job to protect them': U.S. teachers train to carry guns in class" https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/teachers-gun-training-school-shooters-1.4584612