Texas Weekend Tragedies.
“The national season of violence deepened with a weekend of tragedy in Texas that hit two of the rawest political divides, guns and immigration.
Horrific eye-witness testimony is emerging from the scene at an outlet mall in affluent Allen, Texas, where on Saturday afternoon a gunman armed with an AR-15-style rifle sprayed shoppers with bullets, killing eight people. It was the latest in a string of mass shootings in Texas and across the country that have killed many innocent people but have brought no action to end the cycle of loss.
Then, on Sunday, a driver slammed into a group of migrants waiting at a bus stop outside a shelter in the Texas border town of Brownsville. At least eight people were killed and close to a dozen injured. It was not clear whether the incident was an accident or intentional. In either case, the tragedy focused fresh attention on the plight of migrants and the controversy over their future.”
The need for gun control and a solution to the border crises was on full display in Texas this weekend. With double mass killings, the nation has become somewhat ambivalent to the constant news cycle that highlights the latest mass shooting which now takes place every few days. Unfortunately, the solutions to the problems of mass violence and getting at the root societal ills that lead people to perform such dastardly acts remain as elusive as comprehensive gun control. When will enough be enough? That remains to be seen.
