Two Thoughts on The Mass Shooting at The Christian School in Nashville

As you probably know by now six people were killed at a private Christian school in Nashville including three 9-year old children. The assailant, 28-year-old Audrey Hale (who evidently identified as a transgender female) was subsequently killed by police.

There are two thoughts I would like to share.

First, we have yet another school shooting in this country. Our men and women go off to war with the knowledge they might never come home. Our children should not have to go to school with the knowledge they might never come home. The same can be said for our teachers and school staff. But this is life in the United States as we know it. This isn't the first and it won't be the last.

Second, there is much focus on the assailant being a transgendered female. The responsibility for this heinous act is with the shooter alone, not with transgendered people at large. Yet I have an awful feeling that Republicans and the conservative media ecosphere will use this tragedy to incite further hatred against transgender people. Not that they need an excuse, mind you. Of course, Republicans and the conservative media ecosphere would rather vilify transgender people than reduce gun violence. Judging by the headlines at Fox News, Sky News and the New York Post I'm afraid we're only getting started.