December 14, 2012 in Newtown, Connecticut; the location, Sandy Hook Elementary School; the body count, 20 first graders and six educators. The shooter; a white, domestic terrorist.

October, 2017 in Las Vegas, Nevada; the event, a music concert; 58 men and women were slaughtered; more than 250 were injured. The shooter, a white, domestic terrorist.

Sutherland Springs, Texas is a small rural town. This tragedy took place during a Sunday church service in November of 2017. 26 men, women, and children were murdered; the shooter, a white domestic terrorist.

Valentine’s Day, 2018; the location, Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Texas. When the shooting ended 17 students and educators lay dead. The shooter, a white, domestic terrorist.

Last Friday in Santa Fe, Texas another white, domestic terrorist brought a gun to Santa Fe High School. Before he was stopped, eight students and two teachers were killed; 10 were injured.

The last three occurred during the 16 months of Trump’s administration.

After every one of these tragedies Republicans said that they ‘send their prayers and best wishes to the survivors and the families of the victims.’ They will do nothing; the NRA gun lobby owns every Republican politician.

When will America grow up? Only when the NRA is forced to disband, and all Republicans are voted out of office.

Ted Cruz, who is facing reelection in Texas in November will continue to mislead voters about their ‘second amendment rights;’ he has been bought and paid for by the NRA time and time again.

Op-ed by James Turnage

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