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If only there were some way to stop this.
I feel just terrible for Will Holmes, founder of the program. Imagine escaping the gangster lifestyle and then dedicating your life to helping other kids break the cycle, only for those kids to be killed right in front of you anyway. Reminds me a lot of the Nipsey Hussle murder. >

I live in dsm. I remember reading about or hearing interviews with him when that program first started, how sad this is >

Nice that they place the location in the title, helps keep track of the shootings  and distinguishing which one is which >

Pretty soon they’ll start naming them like hurricanes >

Not enough names. >

We’ve already gone all the way through the alphabet so far this year. >

That might become a norm. Just depersonalize it even more. 
"Reporting live from the scene of shooting B8993 this evening is reporter drone 5 interviewing a local witness to the bloodshed." >

1 death is a tragedy, 100 death is a disaster, 1,000 deaths is a statistic. >


“Walls, and both deceased victims, are known gang members, belonging to opposing gangs, and evidence indicates that that these crimes were committed as a result of an ongoing gang dispute,” the updated news release said. Des Moines Police provided no further details outlining these claims.

America: Oh it's just gang violence. Move along, nothing to see here. >

The fuck kind of gang is in Des Moines? I get it, shit happens everywhere, but Des Moines? What fucking criminal enterprise in the middle of Iowa requires a gang affiliation? 
I swear, at some point people need to just make fun of these idiots. >

Iowa is the sex trafficking capital of the US. 2 major highways go through here. >

Do the number of highways determine a states trafficking level? If so,  were fucked in Kentucky with 5 major interstate highways. >

No but with Iowa you have Interstate 80 that goes from New York City to San Francesco and I-35 that goes from Canada to Mexico. Very few have those connections. And both meet in Des Moines. >

Been an awful week for gun violence. >

It’s mental health, poverty, etc.  But not guns.  Never guns.
Guns are absolutely not part of the gun violence problem in the US.
And criminals don’t obey laws.  I’m not sure why we have any laws at all really. >

Only a double homicide? Things are looking up! >

Doesn't even count as mass shooting >

The second amendment needs to be revamped >

Because that would stop gang violence? >

Maybe I should expand on this since it sounds a little bit vague looking back at it.
The second amendment should be revamped to LIMIT the right to bare arms UNLESS the use of a firearm is necessary. Why should the states be in charge of gun laws? Why can’t gun restrictions be a national thing already? These shootings only further prove why we need national gun restrictions and why we need to stop giving in to gun lobbyists already.
It’s all money > the lives of people at this point. >

Welcome ladies and gents to the American Years of Lead. 
If you want to know what comes next go read up on the Years of Lead Italy experienced. >

Another shooting, just another day in America >

Buht muh second amendment freedumbs! >

Well only two got killed so it doesn't count as mass shooting we should care about. \~Gun nuts, at their bullshit again.