Editorial

Another mass shooting in the good old USA. Happy Independence Day. This is the price that's paid for living in a gun culture. With no restrictions on weapons and no mental health programs to speak of.
 

THE MYSTERY
Another senseless shooting
More families deep in pain 
Another gun barrel smoking
I wish I could explain

It all just seems so easy 
Buy a gun and stalk your prey
They will put up no resistance
They just aren’t built that way

And you, so full of anger
From from hate that you consume
You’re just another poor mad dog
Howling at the plasma moon

So you get your gun all loaded
Pick a target, it’s easy to do
The innocent flesh is calling

And the news will make a hero of you

And you never really question
Just how mad you have become
You’ve seen these other killiers
And learned a trick or two from some

Death by cop is what you’re craving
A deadly end to all your pain
You’re tired of being a hater
And the fool left out in the rain

And they will write your epitath
And twist it to serve their need
And all the copycats will revere you
More gun sales…more corporate greed.

And the politicians will bitch and moan
And scream for a day or two 
But then they will just let it die
Because inside they’re as dead as you

And your sad pathetic life was part 
Of living in the land of the free
I wish I could explain it all
But America’s a mystery to me.