Two days ago Devin Kelley walked into the Sunday service at the First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs. He was dressed in black military gear and opened fire with an automatic rifle, killing 26 and wounding 19, which was 10% of the small town’s population.
After the massacre the lone gunman exited from the place of worship. A neighbor shot Kelley with a rifle. He escaped in an SUV, chased by the neighbor and a friend. Kelley crashed his vehicle and died either at his own hands or from another shot by the neighbor.
# 45 was in Japan playing golf with the Prime Minister. Trump called the incident a tragedy caused by mental illness and added that the shooting had nothing to do with guns.
Once more the GOP sent their thoughts and prayers to the victims’ families.
The NRA quickly denied any and all responsibility for the killings with the old adage, “Guns do not kill people. People kill people.” and the 5% Alt-Right condemned Kelley as a member of the Anti-Fascist League, citing four atheism websites on the shooter’s Facebook page.
A close inspection of the young man’s history revealed a year-long bid in a military prison for spousal abuse and a caustic relationship with his wife’s family.
One of the dead was her grandmother.
Charles Whitman committed the first mass shooting in Texas. Devin Kelley achieved the greatest number of dead.
It will not be the last.
Some people suggested that it was time for the church deacons to carry guns to services.
God, guns, and Texas.
Yee-ha.