It is tragic, heartbreaking, and flat-out disgusting when guns are the leading cause of death for youth and adolescents in the United States. I feel like this country has grown so numb to the endless cycle of shooting that plague the newspapers and news sites. Twenty-seven, I repeat twenty-seven school shooting have happened in the U.S. this year. And there have already been 213 mass shootings since the 2022. Shouldn't that terrify people and send up massive warning bells? This country needs to taken action because sadly thoughts and prayers are not going to bring innocent lives back.

I’m not religious, but I agree with God.

How is the freedom to have guns more important than the safety of children?

Why USA is a very good question.

I saw someone say " Americans are offended by the word c##t but here in Australia we're super offended by children being slaughtered by automatic weapons". Well said my friend, you and me both.

It was enough years ago, now it's ridiculous.

Technically not true. DJT repealed an Obama era law that made it harder for people with mental illness to get guns. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/president-trump-made-it-easier-mentally-ill-get-guns-when-n1039301

No one reason, why I would not want to live in the US. Plus healthcare, no vacation days, no maternity leave etc etc

And this is what sickens me - the hope that maybe this kind of horrific tragedy would mean enough to force a change for the better. When it happened THE FIRST TIME. But it didn't, and it just keeps happening over and over. And nothing changes.

Just reading this made me cry so much, can't even imagine what that poor dad felt

You can't have a beer before you are 21 but you can buy an Automatic rifle at 18...... .......Seriously!

We hire our lawmakers with our votes. Did you / will you vote this year? Where does your chosen senator and representative stand on gun control? Find out! Fire a legislator who is not working for YOUR interests, and elect their competition. Write letters! Let your legislators know what's important to you. We elect them to make laws, not to create a career in the media spotlight by mouthing pithy, meaningless sound bites. Vote the opposers and the obstructionists out of office.

The “give the teachers guns” argument is just so….typical. Now your 4th Grade Health Teacher is going to play action hero and mow down the loner at the school? What is the thought process behind this?

Why do politicians not get it? They are so intent on the wrong things. They focus on stopping marijuana, when alcohol takes over 80 thousands lives a year. Like so many more, they don’t get it. Why can’t they get that they get that they are approving THE MURDER OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE. America is the only one that doesn’t prohibit guns and it is ridiculous

Where are kids safe? In almost any other country, where this madness doesn't happen.

On sheets with a high thread count and full bellies, vile.

And is that acceptable? DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT!!

Freedom is nothing compared to the lives that were sacrificed for it. Now that those people have come and gone, you create another unliveable country, exactly why America got their freedom in the first place

Jesus Christ, this was when the full 21 murders haven’t been revealed. Just when he thought it was at the very least over the number skyrocketed

And the reality is that in a week, two weeks, maybe three, we will be talking about it again.

Thoughts and prayers are as useful as a fart in the wind.

What's even worse is she missed out the one at the church in between last week's supermarket shooting and this week's school shooting. It didn't have as high a body count but only because the congregations rushed the guy and the preacher hit him over the head with a chair. One of the people rushing him died but it gave the others the chance to take him down. Otherwise there would have been a double figure death toll there too.

27 in months? That's beyond f****d up.

Sorry is a word. Sorry will never be enough for the crimes and horrors humankind have committed. We will have to pay for every single thing that we have done to the earth and each other

They don’t need hearts. They need change. Riot. Tell the bitches that were supposed to “represent” you that we are not gonna stop and watch as countless others get killed. Take a stand. They will not get away with this

Even better - stop selling guns to anyone who has the money!

The shooter didn't use "evil" to kill those kids, he used a GUN. We don't need "thoughts and prayers", if those worked we'd live in a land of golden streets and unicorns farting rainbows! We need an honest government. We need politicians that can't be bought. We need citizens to pull their heads out of their asses and stop voting for nutjobs. We need to get rid of the goddamn guns.

In times like this, when people OF POWER, people who ARE ROLE MODELS TO THE WORLD, can’t do s**t, it’s up to us to help each other. They can’t get it. And they never will. HELP EACH OTHER. Even if no-one else will

Enough is enough. We need political people that don't get over the mass murder of children in a week. We need stricter gun laws. We need safer schools. We won't take any more of your "Thoughts and Prayers" You know what we want? We want people who take the time to make schools safer. Instead people are making money selling guns. We need people to make sure you can't just walk in to a school, armed. We need change.