Dear Eric Church, Maren Morris, & Brothers Osborne

[Algernon Moncrieff]

Your performance of "Tears in Heaven" in tribute to the victims of the Las Vegas massacre at tonight's Grammys was a lovely thought.

...but thoughts and prayers are no longer enough.

11 school shootings in the first 23 days of 2018

4 dead at a Pennsylvania car wash today

Maryland Couple Dead in Apparent Murder-Suicide Day After Wife Obtained Protective Order

One underwear bombing attempt and we get x-rayed every time we fly 16 years later. One attempted shoe bombing, and we get our shoes x-rayed everytime we fly. Dozens and hundreds AND THOUSANDS die from gun violence, and we get songs; we get thoughts and prayers; and we get Alex effing Jones saying Sandy Hook was all a conspiracy.

The militia clearly needs to be more well regulated.

[LisaM]

1. I think acknowledging the massacres on the big stage matters, though.

The reality that people can't even feel safe at a concert needs to continue to get play. Our national short attention span means a lot of people have already put these incidents out of their minds.

[stopwastingmymoney]

2. Agreed, nt

[burrowowl]

3. Agreed!