Yet again, another shooting.

[imanamerican63]

Omaha Nebraska, Westroads Mall. The second shooting at this mall in less a month. One male victim dead, a woman left with non life threatening injuries and the shooter is being sought.

I grew up not far from there and worked as a bus boy and a dishwasher at a Walgreens restaurant when I was in junior high in the 80’s.

[dawg day]

1. The shooter is still out there?

The police said it was no longer "an active shooter situation," so I thought they'd caught him.

[imanamerican63]

2. Lasted I heard they were still looking for the shooter.

May have changed since the last news cast here in Omaha.

[triron]

3. Ihave a sister in Omaha.

[SoCalDavidS]

4. I Don't Even Care Anymore

It Is What It Is, And Always Shall Be.

I just hope that I am fortunate not to be a victim of gun violence, nor know anybody that is.

These shooting incidents are no longer news, they're as much a part of daily life in America, as the sun rising and setting.

[triron]

5. That is very sad to hear. But I get it.

[Karma13612]

6. Its going to be this way until

Assault rifles are dealt with in a meaningful, decisive fashion.

[SoCalDavidS]

9. I Don't Think They Will Be During My Lifetime

I'm 55, and gun violence has been a way of life for more than 2 decades now. I don't expect anything to be different when I'm in my 70's or 80's or 90's. I hope that at some point, I'm able to escape this dysfunctional country. I think that elsewhere in the world, we're a big joke. I'd love to believe that there is a battle to stay and fight for, but I feel like the battle has been lost. It is what it is. America is what it is.

[Karma13612]

12. I am a dozen years your

Senior.

My heart broke many years ago when I finally came to terms with all that you have said. We are not the best and brightest and all the other adjectives fed to us while we stuff our faces with cheeseburgers, drive gas guzzlers and shout “USA USA USA”.

Freedom in all it’s forms including economic, health and opportunity is qualified and not available to anyone but the whitest and wealthiest.

You are right, America is what it is. Our hands are tied. The measures needed to improve are so mired in regulations, stifled by conservative minorities and hamstrung by corporations who run things.

If you can find another country that will have you, please try, with my blessing. At 67 and married, it is not an option for me. Accepting our country’s mediocrity has actually helped me. At least we aren’t Russia, and I am not Nevalny. I can criticize my elected officials without fear of being poisoned. I suppose that’s something.

[SoCalDavidS]

13. Great Reply, Thanks!

What's frustrating, is that I know the entire country is not that way. I do encounter people, like yourself, who are aware of the problems that exist. It's the other 30-40% that I feel cannot be worked around.

You make a lot of sense in how you maintain sanity by comparing America to a country like Russia. Kind of an extreme comparison, eh? Sad that you need to use Russia, like YAY, we're a better place to live than Russia!

In reality, you know that it would not take much for us to become a country that poisons it's rivals. That practically happened on January 6, right? Sad.

[Karma13612]

14. So true.

Jan 6 was frightening. Watching in real time, all I could think of was:

Why aren’t the authorities stepping in to stop this attack.

Where are the good-guys?

[Kaleva]

15. Statically, the odds you of you being a victim of gun violence is close to zero.

[Liberal In Texas]

7. In 2007 a guy killed 8 people and wounded 4 in a store at the Westroads.

I used to go to this mall all the time when I lived there and also when I visited after moving away.

The amount of gun violence and violence with military-type weapons is unacceptable.

[Stuart G]

8. The last sentence is accpetable to Congres, not to most of us.

[SoCalDavidS]

10. It's Acceptable To The Millions Upon Millions Who Continue To Vote These POS Into Office

I don't see that changing anytime soon. America is hopelessly divided, and sanity will never win out.

[Tommy Carcetti]

11. The subject of the deceptively upbeat sounding song "Pumped Up Kicks"

By the band Foster the People.