The week of Thanksgiving is upon us, and as Americans across the country prepare to enjoy family and feast, the country also mourns.
The toll of gun violence takes no holiday.
As we give thanks, we also will remember recent victims of America’s obsession with guns.
The latest mass shooting — generally defined as one where four or more people are injured or killed, excluding the shooter — occurred over the weekend at a Colorado Springs nightclub for the LGTBQ community, a safe haven in a conservative town where some say it can be both uncomfortable and unsafe to live openly as gay or transgender.
Closer to home, New Mexicans are reeling following a homicide on the University of New Mexico campus, under circumstances so strange they are hard to believe.
Five killed in Colorado, with at least another 18 injured. One shot dead at UNM, another injured.
The sense of safety — already fragile — shattered.
In Colorado, the shooting occurred on the eve of Transgender Day of Remembrance, held to honor the lives of trans people damaged because of violence and hatred.
That sentiment has been growing, stoked by politicians who seek to demonize both gay and trans individuals. Whether making false claims that gay people are “grooming” children or introducing laws designed to legislate transgender people out of existence, the climate in the nation is disturbing.
Ugly words help create the environment in which ugly acts occur.
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