non le sembri questa un'affermazione troppo violenta (siamo un paese malato) perché i fatti sono incontestabili.
Quella che segue è una lunga lista di omicidi di massa scaturiti negli ambienti più diversi, eseguiti da persone assolutamente differenti quanto a estrazione sociale, cultura, motivazioni alla base della loro azione.
Ma si tratta di gente allevata, costruita psichicamente, inserita in un contesto pseudoculturale basato sulla violenza gratuita e garantito dal secondo Emendamento della Costituzione americana, giustificato dalla video comunicazione in cui 330 milioni di individui sono immersi costantemente (si prenda ad esempio la produzione di film e serial ai quali aggiungere i video giochi di massima violenza).
Dopo ogni episodio si alza il coro delle prefiche televisive che si piangono addosso e intervistano gli scampati dall'eccidio o i parenti stretti dei massacrati basandosi sulla domanda pertinente in termini di assoluta stupidità: "Quali sono i suoi sentimenti, lei cosa prova, eccetera?"
Raramente gli intervistati esprimono il loro dolore con qualche lacrima perché la cultura anglosassone non gradisce i piagnistei mediterranei, ma spesso le acconciature femminili sono curate prima del ciak d'inizio.
Il fatto che il presidente Joe Biden, profondamente toccato anche da questo ulteriore episodio di brutale follia armata, abbia deciso di intensificare la sua azione legislativa ponendo qualche ostacolo alla vendita di armi da assalto (in poche parole quelle in dotazione delle forze armate) è commendevole ma si insabbiera' nelle manovre parlamentari messe in atto dai soliti repubblicani e da qualche decina di democratici che temono di avere ripercussioni negative nei propri collegi elettorali se all'impiegato X o alla casalinga Y viene tolto il "diritto" di possedere e magari usare un AR15 con caricatore da 100 munizioni.
Immersi come siamo in questa parossistica non cultura delle armi riteniamo che siano roba da ridere le poche decine di morti ammazzati dei massacri di massa quando la pandemia sta portando all'altro mondo ogni giorno un paio di migliaia di individui qui negli States.
A conferma che non siamo uguali di fronte alla morte perché ci sono quelli che pesano di più come cadavere ed altri che e' meglio toglierli di mezzo quanto prima come si è verificato e si sta verificando con la recrudescenza del virus 19.
Credere e auspicare che il popolo americano sia in grado di rinunciare alla cultura posticcia della violenza armata è non solo inutile ma anche pericoloso per chi lo voglia affermare.
La conclusione, gentile Lettore di questo blog, è sconsolante ma vera: questa è l'America voluta e ammirata. Questa è l'America dei film western, di quelli polizieschi, del "No trespassing" ( divieto di transito) altrimenti ti sparo.
A chi tocca tocca, ci dispiace per loro, ma passati i primi due minuti di emozione (ammesso che ne siamo ancora capaci) tutto va avanti come al solito e la NRA (National Rifle Association) continua a finanziare politici ad ogni livello perché mantengano alto il mercato delle armi.
E a noi americani, ammalati di amore antico per questo straordinario paese, non resta altro che piangerci addosso e pregare per le vittime di questi massacri ma anche per il futuro di questa nazione troppo spesso fuori di testa.
Oscar
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By Reuters,
(REUTERS) - A MASS shooting at a supermarket in Boulder, Colorado on Monday has left 10 people dead, including a police officer
Below is a list of major mass shootings in the United States in recent history:
- ATLANTA, March 16, 2021 - Eight people, including six women of Asian descent, were shot dead in a string of attacks at day spas in and around Atlanta, and a man suspected of carrying out the shootings was arrested in southern Georgia.
- GREENVILLE, July 5, 2020 - Ten people were shot in a Greenville, South Carolina, nightclub in an outburst of suspected gang-related violence that killed two people and critically injured two others, police said.
- MILWAUKEE, Feb 26, 2020- A gunman opened fire at the Molson Coors Beverage Co brewing complex in Milwaukee, killing five co-workers before he was found dead from an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound.
- ILLINOIS, Feb. 15, 2019 - Gary Martin, 45, opened fire at an Illinois factory after receiving notice of termination from his job there, killing five workers and wounding five policemen before he was slain by police.
- EL PASO, Aug. 3, 2019 - A man fatally shot 22 people at a Walmart store in El Paso, Texas. A statement, believed to have been written by the suspect, called the attack "a response to the Hispanic invasion of Texas." Authorities arrested the shooter.
- DAYTON, Aug. 4, 2019 - A gunman dressed in body armor opened fire in downtown Dayton, Ohio, killing nine people including his sister and wounding 27 others. Police killed the shooter.
- VIRGINIA BEACH, May 31, 2019 - A disgruntled public utility employee opened fire with a handgun on co-workers at a municipal building in Virginia, killing 12 people and wounding at least four before he was fatally shot by police.
- THOUSAND OAKS, Nov. 7, 2018 - A former Marine combat veteran killed 12 people in a bar in Thousand Oaks, California, a suburb of Los Angeles. He then killed himself.
- TREE OF LIFE, Oct. 27, 2018 - A gunman burst into the Tree of Life synagogue near Pittsburgh with a semi-automatic rifle and three handguns as he fired on congregants gathered for a Sabbath service, killing 11.
- SANTA FE, Texas, May 18, 2018 - A 17-year-old student dressed in a trench coat and armed with a shotgun and pistol opened fire at his high school outside Houston, killing nine students and a teacher, before surrendering to officers.
- PARKLAND, Feb. 14, 2018 - A former student at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, opened fire with an assault-style rifle, killing 17 students and educators.
- SUTHERLAND SPRINGS, Nov. 5, 2017 - A man thrown out of the U.S. Air Force for beating his wife and child shot 26 people fatally at a rural Texas church where his in-laws worshipped before killing himself.
- LAS VEGAS, Oct. 1, 2017 - A gunman opened fire on a country music festival from a 32nd-floor hotel suite, killing 58 people and wounding 564 others before taking his own life.
- ORLANDO, June 12, 2016 - A gunman fatally shot 49 people at Pulse, a gay nightclub, before he was shot dead by police.
- SAN BERNARDINO, Dec. 2, 2015 - A husband and wife killed 14 people at a workplace holiday party in San Bernardino in Southern California before dying in a shootout with police.
- ROSEBURG, Oct 1, 2015 - A gunman stalked onto an Oregon college campus and opened fire, killing nine people and wounding seven before police shot him to death.
- CHARLESTON, June 17, 2015 - A White supremacist killed nine Black churchgoers at a church in Charleston, South Carolina. He was sentenced to death.
- WASHINGTON, D.C., Sept. 16, 2013 - A former Navy reservist working as a government contractor killed 12 people at the Washington Navy Yard. He was shot dead by police.
- NEWTOWN, Dec. 14, 2012 - A heavily armed gunman killed 26 people, including 20 children from five- to 10-years old, in a rampage at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut.
- AURORA, July 20, 2012 - A masked gunman killed 12 people and wounded 70 others at a cinema in Aurora, Colorado. He received multiple life sentences.
- FORT HOOD, Nov. 5, 2009 - An army major and psychiatrist opened fire at Fort Hood, a U.S. Army base in Texas, killing 13 people.
(Reporting by Derek Francis and Shubham Kalia in Bengaluru; Editing by Sam Holmes)
Copyright 2021 Thomson Reuters.
By Reuters,
(REUTERS) - A MASS shooting at a supermarket in Boulder, Colorado on Monday has left 10 people dead, including a police officer
Below is a list of major mass shootings in the United States in recent history:
- ATLANTA, March 16, 2021 - Eight people, including six women of Asian descent, were shot dead in a string of attacks at day spas in and around Atlanta, and a man suspected of carrying out the shootings was arrested in southern Georgia.
- GREENVILLE, July 5, 2020 - Ten people were shot in a Greenville, South Carolina, nightclub in an outburst of suspected gang-related violence that killed two people and critically injured two others, police said.
- MILWAUKEE, Feb 26, 2020- A gunman opened fire at the Molson Coors Beverage Co brewing complex in Milwaukee, killing five co-workers before he was found dead from an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound.
- ILLINOIS, Feb. 15, 2019 - Gary Martin, 45, opened fire at an Illinois factory after receiving notice of termination from his job there, killing five workers and wounding five policemen before he was slain by police.
- EL PASO, Aug. 3, 2019 - A man fatally shot 22 people at a Walmart store in El Paso, Texas. A statement, believed to have been written by the suspect, called the attack "a response to the Hispanic invasion of Texas." Authorities arrested the shooter.
- DAYTON, Aug. 4, 2019 - A gunman dressed in body armor opened fire in downtown Dayton, Ohio, killing nine people including his sister and wounding 27 others. Police killed the shooter.
- VIRGINIA BEACH, May 31, 2019 - A disgruntled public utility employee opened fire with a handgun on co-workers at a municipal building in Virginia, killing 12 people and wounding at least four before he was fatally shot by police.
- THOUSAND OAKS, Nov. 7, 2018 - A former Marine combat veteran killed 12 people in a bar in Thousand Oaks, California, a suburb of Los Angeles. He then killed himself.
- TREE OF LIFE, Oct. 27, 2018 - A gunman burst into the Tree of Life synagogue near Pittsburgh with a semi-automatic rifle and three handguns as he fired on congregants gathered for a Sabbath service, killing 11.
- SANTA FE, Texas, May 18, 2018 - A 17-year-old student dressed in a trench coat and armed with a shotgun and pistol opened fire at his high school outside Houston, killing nine students and a teacher, before surrendering to officers.
- PARKLAND, Feb. 14, 2018 - A former student at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, opened fire with an assault-style rifle, killing 17 students and educators.
- SUTHERLAND SPRINGS, Nov. 5, 2017 - A man thrown out of the U.S. Air Force for beating his wife and child shot 26 people fatally at a rural Texas church where his in-laws worshipped before killing himself.
- LAS VEGAS, Oct. 1, 2017 - A gunman opened fire on a country music festival from a 32nd-floor hotel suite, killing 58 people and wounding 564 others before taking his own life.
- ORLANDO, June 12, 2016 - A gunman fatally shot 49 people at Pulse, a gay nightclub, before he was shot dead by police.
- SAN BERNARDINO, Dec. 2, 2015 - A husband and wife killed 14 people at a workplace holiday party in San Bernardino in Southern California before dying in a shootout with police.
- ROSEBURG, Oct 1, 2015 - A gunman stalked onto an Oregon college campus and opened fire, killing nine people and wounding seven before police shot him to death.
- CHARLESTON, June 17, 2015 - A White supremacist killed nine Black churchgoers at a church in Charleston, South Carolina. He was sentenced to death.
- WASHINGTON, D.C., Sept. 16, 2013 - A former Navy reservist working as a government contractor killed 12 people at the Washington Navy Yard. He was shot dead by police.
- NEWTOWN, Dec. 14, 2012 - A heavily armed gunman killed 26 people, including 20 children from five- to 10-years old, in a rampage at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut.
- AURORA, July 20, 2012 - A masked gunman killed 12 people and wounded 70 others at a cinema in Aurora, Colorado. He received multiple life sentences.
- FORT HOOD, Nov. 5, 2009 - An army major and psychiatrist opened fire at Fort Hood, a U.S. Army base in Texas, killing 13 people.
(Reporting by Derek Francis and Shubham Kalia in Bengaluru; Editing by Sam Holmes)
Copyright 2021 Thomson Reuters.
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Ciao Oscar,
Ben detto.
Hal
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