Me: This is terrible. Things have to change.

Him: What’s wrong?

Nov. 8.

Me: This is terrible. Things have to change. 

Him: What's wrong? 

Me: Another mass shooting.

Him: Where? 

Me: A bunch of kids got shot at a nightclub in California. College night. At least a dozen killed including Sgt. Ron Helus, a 29-year veteran of the Ventura County Sheriff's Office.

Nov. 2.

Me: This is terrible. Things have to change. 

Him: What's wrong? 

Me: Another mass shooting.

Him: Where? 

Me: Shooting at a yoga studio in Tallahassee. Two dead. Five others hurt. The gunman is dead, too. 

Oct. 27.

Me: This is terrible. Things have to change. 

Him: What's wrong? 

Me: Another mass shooting.

Him: Where? 

Me: Worshipers at a synagogue in Pittsburgh. Eleven lives snuffed out. Six others hurt, including four police officers. 

Oct. 24

Me: This is terrible. Things have to change. 

Him: What's wrong? 

Me: Another mass shooting.

Him: Where? 

Me: Two killed at a Kroger in Kentucky. They say the gunman tried to get into a black church first. 

Sept. 6 

Me: This is terrible. Things have to change. 

Him: What's wrong?

Me: Another mass shooting.

Him: Where? 

Me: Right down the road in Cincinnati. Four people killed at the Fifth Third Center. 

Aug. 26

Me: This is terrible. Things have to change. 

Him: What's wrong?

Me: Another mass shooting.

Him: Where? 

Me: Two dead and nine shot at the Madden NFL 19 competition in Jacksonville. They say the gunman had been knocked out of the competition. He turned the gun on himself.

June 28

Me: This is terrible. Things have to change. 

Him: What's wrong?

Me: Another mass shooting.

Him: Where? 

Me:  Newspaper in Maryland. Five people killed and two others wounded doing their jobs at the Capital Gazette. 

May 18 

Me: This is terrible. Things have to change. 

Him: What's wrong?

Me: Another mass shooting.

Him: Where? 

Me: Santa Fe. Eight kids and two teachers gunned down in art class. 

April 22

Me: This is terrible. Things have to change. 

Him: What's wrong?

Me: Another mass shooting.

Him: Where? 

Me: Nashville Waffle House. A man walked in with a semi-automatic rifle and took four lives. The mayor called it a horrible day for the city of Nashville. 

Feb. 14

Me: This is terrible. Things have to change. 

Him: What's wrong?

Me: Another mass shooting.

Him: Where? 

Me: An old student came back and killed 17 students and staff at Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. 

Seven other people were hurt, too. 

Nov. 13 and 14, 2017

Me: This is terrible. Things have to change. 

Him: What's wrong?

Me: Another mass shooting.

Him: Where? 

Me: They are saying a man murdered his wife and then went on a shooting spree in a tiny California town. At least 10 people injured. Four dead. Eight crime scenes, including Rancho Tehama Elementary School.

Nov. 5, 2017

Me: This is terrible. Things have to change. 

Him: What's wrong?

Me: Another mass shooting.

Him: Where? 

Me: A gunman busted into First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, Texas, and killed 10 women, seven men, seven girls, a boy and an unborn child. Twenty people hurt.

Oct. 1, 2017

Me: This is terrible. Things have to change. 

Him: What's wrong?

Me: Another mass shooting.

Him: Where? 

Me: A gunman in a 32nd-floor hotel room killed 59 people and injured more than 850 others at the Route 91 Harvest music festival on the Vegas Strip. 

Me: This is terrible. Things have to change. 

Him: What's wrong?

Me: Another mass shooting.

Him: Where?

Me: …

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