This is definitely in need of a reread and digest. The number of times I was bobbing my head, I lost count. I will admit to having lost faith that any kind of mass awakening will happen to shift the consciousness of those who live and die by their guns.
I think that the political system in the US has sold its soul to the NRA and the price is the bullet-riddled bodies of its citizens.
If something as devastating as Sandy Hook didn't move the needle, nothing would, at least not on a collective scale. Individually? perhaps.
I have chosen to just live life as best as I can with a bit more kindness, a bit more of a desire to learn and understand. Fear is a powerful drug and when you have people in selective organizations who know how to weaponize it, the most we can do is walk away, honor the fallen and try to rise above and beyond ignorance and hatred and violence.