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Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart This time it happened in Alabama. If the perpetrators were Muslim radicals, right-wing politicians would be screaming and demanding that action be taken immediately. However, for those is Washington, it’s just another bloody weekend in “the greatest country in the world.” That’s what politicians tell us. The headline this Sunday: BIRMINGHAM, Alabama. — Four people are dead and 18 others were shot when multiple shooters fired on "people in the open" Saturday night, according to Birmingham police.] Information obtained by law enforcement is leading them to believe that this was not an isolated incident. However, it is not clear who the target might have been, or why it happened. What they do know is multiple shooters began firing into a crowd. Officers believe that many of those injured or killed were innocent bystanders. THE NRA GUN LOBBY, AND RIGHT-WING POLITICIANS OWNED BY THE NRA, WILL LIE, CLAIMING THAT GUNS ARE NOT PART OF THE PROBLEM If you have r

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart Where were you, and what were you doing on the morning of September 11, 2001? There are only two days in my 78 years that I remember in detail: November 22, 1963, and September 11, 2001. I was a senior in high school in 1963. I was walking between third and fourth period classes when I learned that President John F. Kennedy had been murdered in Dallas, Texas. Sitting in my fourth period classroom, there was nothing but silence throughout the school. We were eventually sent home. It was a Tuesday and I was out for my morning run in the BLM land just north of my home. As I was returning home, my wife was waving frantically in our front yard. My mother was in hospice care in Idaho, and that was my first thought. When I reached home, my wife just said, “you have to see this.” The top floors of the first tower of the World Trade Center were burning. I couldn’t believe my own eyes. The date was 9/11/01. OUR NATION WOULD NEVER BE THE SAME Not since December 7, 1941, ha

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart   Some people sitting behind the podium, and a few reporters and cameramen saw him. They watched someone “bear crawling” on top of a building just outside of the event where Trump was about to hold another hate rally .    The Secret Service and other law enforcement officers did nothing, and apparen tly saw nothing until the sound of gunfire was heard by everyone.   Trump reached his hand up to the right side of his face and dropped down behind the podium. When he was helped up by about a half dozen men and women, blood was trickling from his right ear. I couldn’t help bu t think about a time when I watched a documentary about professional wrestling.    There’s a saying in the fake sport: “red gets green.” This simply means that “blood draws spectators.” The blood is real, but the reason for it was an illusion. The “injured” wres tler had a razor blade between his first two fingers and cut himself.   I’m not claiming that this is what happened Saturday,

  Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart The latest Gallup poll reveals that at least 56 percent of all Americans are in favor of strict controls over gun purchases, and banning assault rifles, high output magazines, and bump stocks. Several years ago, FBI Director Christopher Wray sat before congress and informed our elected officials that “domestic terrorism” is the greatest danger to the American people. The focus was on the growing number of mass shootings in America. A mass shooting is defined as ‘four or more individuals wounded or killed in a single incident involving the use of a gun.’ Over the last seven years, the number of mass shootings is greater than the number of days on the calendar. No place is a safe place in America. Shopping malls, grocery stores, restaurants, bars, movie theaters, concerts, the workplace, churches, synagogues, mosques, and schools have been targets for deranged individuals armed with a weapon or weapons of mass destruction. HAPPY FATHER’S DAY AT THE POI

  Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart. I have been writing for newspapers, online publications, and my own blog, “TheWiseOldFart,” for more than 12 years. I haven’t checked, but I have no doubt that I have written more articles about mass shootings and gun violence than any other subject with the exception of America’s biggest enemy, Donald Trump. I am angry, and disgusted that nothing has been done in Washington to ease the pain and fear of millions of our nation’s people. This week has been like any other week in America. Normal men, women, and children have been going about their lives without any idea that this might be their last day on earth, or they might be seriously injured by a bullet from a weapon of mass destruction. Over the Father’s Day weekend and celebrations on Juneteenth 50 Americans were shot and several lives were lost. The most recent assault on our freedom happened on Friday, June 21, in Fordyce, Arkansas.. Three persons were killed and 10 injured at a grocery store a

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart   Domestic terrorism is the greatest danger to life in America today. Our worthless and corrupt government refuses to take any action against the NRA gun lobby, because campaign donations are more important to them than human life.   This is one major issue which could be solved in a few days, but profits for gun manuf acturers and gun sellers take priority over the safety of the American people.    This week all d oubt was removed about which lobby owns the legislative and judicial branches of our government. Republicans in the House and Senate   ignored a number of mass shootings. In Washington, the Supreme Court struck down a law banning bump stocks. Bowing to the fascist and heartless NRA is a clear statement from right-wing politicians : “you don’t matter to us.”   SENATE REPUBLICANS SINK TO A NEW LOW   Senate Democrats attempted to pass a law which would override the decision by a right-wing biased C ourt. The law would have  banned an accessory for