There have been 130 mass shootings in America this year, and we’re not even at the end of March (a mass shooting is defined as a violent event at which at least four people are killed). The latest shooting spree, at a Christian elementary school in Nashville, was by a female ex-student, aged 28, armed with two ‘assault-style' weapons and a handgun. After planning the massacre by drawing a detailed map and conducting surveillance of the building, she killed three pupils and three adults, before being killed herself.
David Rausch, director of the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, said authorities sent “heartfelt prayers to the families … of these victims”. He added: “Now I know there’ll be people who want to criticise us for prayers. That’s the way we do that in the south. We believe in prayer and we believe in the power of prayer. So our prayers go out to these families”. As for the effectiveness of all those prayers… well, that’s a different matter.
This is last year's Christmas card from Andy Ogles, a Republican who represents the district the school is in...
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