Another day, another American mass killing

Hundreds of terrified shoppers fled in panic after a man stepped out of a silver sedan and opened fire at the Premium Outlets mall, a sprawling outdoor shopping centre in Allen [Texas], a community of about 100,000 people.

The gunman killed eight people and wounded seven, three of those critically. He was shot dead by a police officer who happened to be nearby, authorities said.

  Guardian

Not near enough.

The Republican Texas governor, Greg Abbott, who has signed laws easing firearms restrictions after past mass shootings, called it an “unspeakable tragedy”.

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Abbott has supported keeping guns as accessible to the public as possible. That is the case even as a recent poll commissioned by Fox News, whose viewers are largely Republican, found that American voters favour gun control measures and worry that they will be victimised by firearms violence.

Too bad.  So sad. We can't do anything about it. We've tried nothing, and we're all out of ideas.

Ken Fulk, the mayor of Allen, told a news conference: “We all want the victims and their families impacted by this tragedy to know that we will wrap our arms around you and we are here for you. We know you are grieving. We are grieving. Rest assured, the nation and the world are also grieving.”

Well, that's helpful, isn't it? That should fix the problem.

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.

UPDATE 01:40 pm:

The people want a quick solution, and why shouldn't they have it?  It's called "gun control," asshat.  Start with a ban on AR-15 style assault weapons.  See if that helps.  

Until legislators enact gun control measures, they are complicit in these nightmare mass killings.  Vote them out.

UPDATE 02:05 pm:  Also...

UPDATE 03:16 pm:

It has been a very, very long time indeed since Republicans cared what the majority of Americans wanted.