The pseudonym "Philo Vaihinger" has been abandoned. All posts have been and are written by me, Joseph Auclair.

Sunday, November 5, 2017

What, no bitching about American law enforcement being a joke, the laughingstock of the world?

Texas church shooting.

All sorts of brutal bullshit to stop terrorism, eh, but not a single move to deal with mass gun violence by Americans against Americans with no apparent political motivation?

At least 26 killed in shooting at Baptist church in Sutherland Springs, Texas

A single shooter walked into a Baptist church in Sutherland Springs, Texas on Sunday morning and opened fire, leaving at least 26 worshippers dead and many more injured.

The number of the dead at the First Baptist church, in the small town 30 miles south-east of San Antonio, made the killing the worst mass shooting in modern Texas history and one of the worst such gun rampages in recent years. 

The lone shooter was killed as he was being chased by police across county lines.

In a Sunday evening press conference, Texas governor Greg Abbott said: “There are so many families who have lost family members, and it occurred in a church, in a place of worship. That’s where these people were mown down. We mourn their loss.”

Twenty three worshippers died inside the church, two outside it and one after being taken to hospital. Many more injured were still being treated. The ages of the dead ranged from five to 70.

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The shooting comes a month after a gunman opened fire on an open-air concert in Las Vegas, leaving 58 dead and 546 injured. 

After that, Trump showed himself to be reluctant to get involved in the debate around gun control, limiting himself to sending his prayers to the victims and their families.

That was in stark contrast to the rapid and virulent response he had to the truck attack in New York last week, where eight people were mowed down by a driver inspired by the terrorist group Isis. 

After that attack, Trump called for a crackdown on immigration rules.

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