by B. R. GOWANI
an 18 year old enters a school with AR-15 rifle and eliminates 21 lives
19 students
- Nevaeh Bravo, 10
- Jacklyn Jaylen Cazares, 9
- Makenna Lee Elrod, 10
- Jose Flores, 10
- Eliana Garcia, 9
- Uziyah Garcia, 9
- Amerie Jo Garza, 10
- Xavier Javier Lopez, 10
- Jayce Carmelo Luevanos, 10
- Tess Marie Mata, 10
- Maranda Mathis, 11
- Alithia Ramirez, 10
- Annabell Guadalupe Rodriguez, 10
- Maite Yuleana Rodriguez, 10
- Alexandria Aniyah Rubio, 10
- Layla Salazar, 11
- Jailah Nicole Silguero, 11
- Eliahana Cruz Torres, 10
- Rogelio Torres, 10
2 teachers
- Irma Garcia*, 48
- Eva Mireles, 44
*(Irma Garcia’s husband Joe Garcia died of broken heart syndrome)
US marine Gen. John Allen in 2019:
“Americans today are more likely to experience gun violence [at home] than they might in many of the places to which I deployed in the name of defending our nation.”
Salvador Ramos announced on Facebook that he’ll kill his grandmother
he shot his granny in the face, luckily she survived but lost her speech
then he headed to Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas
before entering the school, for 12 minutes the gunman fired outside
at 11:30, the gunman started shooting
the frightened children made so many phone calls to police
armed school resource officer was not on his duty either
after 80 minutes, at 12:30, BORTAC “thugs” killed Ramos
was there racism involved on the part of the police
because school has Latin American students
or were the police saving their ass from the gunman?
in that case, the police should outsource dangerous jobs to others
beautiful, innocent children & teachers were killed on May 22, 2022
very painful, though not surprising
shootings have become normal in the US & so have the calls for reforms
“Don’t tell me we can’t have an impact on this carnage.” “Why are we willing to live with this carnage? Why do we keep letting this happen? Where in god’s name is our backbone? . . . It’s time to turn this pain into action for every parent, for every citizen, in this country. We have to make it clear to every elected official in this country: it’s time to act.”
“carnage”?
Biden is waging a proxy war against Russia
the Ukrainian children and adults are victims of carnage
United States share of world arms export is 37%
the number of kids killed or injured in US, since 2014, more than 34,500!
the US war budget for the fiscal year 2023 is $813 billion
Chris Hedges puts the figure in proper perspective:
the amount $813 billion is more than the next 9 countries
including Russia & China, combined
state of Texas has the most registered weapons — 1,006,555
people in the US have 393 million guns, i. e., 40% of the global total
(US houses 4:23% of the world population)
some 280 miles from Uvalde, Houston, Texas had NRA convention
Texas Governor Greg Abbott didn’t attend to avoid bad publicity
Abbott did send a video message for the audience
Tump was there, so was US Senator Ted Cruz (Republican from Texas)
NRA (National Rifles Association) CEO Wayne LaPierre was there too
guns were allowed during the convention but not when Trump was there
the NRA wanted to save Trump’s ass from some crazy shooter
this is the height of hypocricy for NRA who wants people to carry guns
in Texas people could carry handguns in public places as per its law
last year Texas banned abortions once “fetal cardiac activity” was detected
on average 1,400 women each month went to other states for abortion
Texas Governor Greg Abbott passed the law because life is precious
the same Abbott supports life-taking weapons
the same Abbott couldn’t save the 21 children and adults
B. R. Gowani can be reached at brgowani@hotmail.com