The information about the Maine gunman who is suspected in the shooting deaths of 18 people and injuring 13 others is still developing, but here’s one thing that we already know: Gun violence is a disease that has crept into our schools, grocery stores, movie theaters and now bowling alleys. Yet nothing has changed.
The constant cries from parents and friends of the thousands of victims of gun violence don’t seem to break the hardened barriers put up by politicians, most of whom are on the right side of the political spectrum.
We are to believe that this most recent horrific, senseless act of mass violence was committed by a bad apple. That there is no way to stop random acts by disturbed individuals. But the facts and the continuous headlines suggest that gun violence has become a constant in our society.
Perhaps the fact is we have become inured to gun violence.
Because we choose again — and again — to do nothing.