No More Senseless Shootings

Anyone who has not spoken up for better regulations related to gun ownership, better services for the mentally ill, and more supports for children and families, owns the shooting in Florida. We ALL have to speak up to make a difference and lobby for better regulations, laws, and supports to end massacres of innocents in our own country by our own citizens.

While our President is spending most of his time in office doing all he can to tighten his ties to Russia, increase the wealth of himself, his family, and his cronies, and degrade anyone who does not agree with his self-driven policies and actions, families and children suffer in the United States.

• They suffer because guns are getting into the wrong hands since there are no good regulations or oversight of these dangerous weapons.
• They suffer because the mentally ill do not get the services they need.
• They suffer because families don't have what they need to do a good job with their children.
• They suffer because schools everywhere are underfunded and under supported which means that some students get what they need and others don't.
• They suffer because we need better reporting systems so that when students or others notice that a person is a threat, that person is dealt with in a humane way that keeps others safe. 

Many of our leaders are misguided today--they spend their time making the way for a few to gigantic wealth and power while most Americans pay the price in lost supports related to education, health care, safety, environmental protection, and more.

To remedy these problems, the United States needs to do the following:

• Immediately ban assault weapons for anyone but law enforcement and the military.
• Immediately add regulations to gun ownership, regulations that are even greater than the ones associated with driving cars.
• Immediately work towards affordable, high-quality health care for all Americans.
• Immediately work towards better supports for the mentally ill.
• Better fund and support all public schools.
• Immediately look for ways to help families care for their family members with greater supports.

Essentially, Americans have to turn their support away from greedy, self-serving, lawless, unethical, and uncaring leadership--the kind of leadership POTUS so clearly exemplifies and champions. Instead, Americans have to look to support leaders who will stand up for what is right and good for all Americans not just a few.

It is our country's greed that has led to so many senseless shootings and deaths. Every one of us has to look for ways to make change.