I don’t blame parents for wanting to take their kids out of public school. With how frequent school shootings are in the U.S, it seems less like a place of learning and more like a battleground. A Catholic School in Minnesota just made headlines after a mass shooting took place just within the first few days of the new school year. And just makes me wonder why so many people are against common-sense gun laws.
The news, covered on the Atlanta Black Star Instagram, stated a shooting took place this morning during Mass at a Catholic School. The incident happened at Annunciation Catholic Church in Minneapolis, Minnesota and took the lives of three people, including the shooter. A total of 17 people were injured in the incident, but two lives were taken, an 8-year-old and a 10-year-old student.
The police say the shooter was armed with a rifle, a shotgun, and a pistol when he approached the church on school grounds and started to shoot through windows. Though details surrounding the shooting suspect are scarce, he died by committing suicide with his own firearm. He was in his early 20s and doesn’t have an extensive criminal history. Police are unsure of the current motive behind the attack. Police did find the shooter placed a wooden plank to barricade doors and prevent students from leaving.
It’s difficult to comprehend the type of evil capable of taking lives of literal children. As one commenter said on the Instagram post, “School year just started…” Another commenter stated, “ONLY IN AMERICA! I was just thinking yesterday: School’s back, time for shootings. REGISTER TO VOTE AMERICA! CHANGE THE GUN LAWS NOW!!”
One commenter brought up another good point, “This is where the National Guard should actually be today,” one commenter said. And what a good point! They should be helping out with public services, rather than be used by President Trump to fearmonger.
This is yet another reminder the U.S. doesn’t do nearly enough to protect our children. Not to mention the rampant mental illness among school shooters, and the lack of healthcare for Americans to address those issues. Having tighter laws on guns isn’t enough; it has to be a systematic fix.
