There's an extraordinarily depressing story out of central Florida right now, about a Black woman who was shot to death by a white neighbor when the woman knocked on the neighbor's door to retrieve a lost iPad.
The victim was shot through the neighbor's closed door. Authorities are mumbling about applying Florida's revolting "stand your ground" law, but you have to wonder how an unarmed mom of four kids posed a threat when the white woman was safely barricaded inside her house. Between this incident and today's mass shooting at a high school graduation in Virginia, we'll no doubt see many, many more declarations from Canadians that it's too dangerous for them to ever visit the US again.
You can't really blame them. We've gotten to the point ourselves where we keep our eyes peeled for the exits any time we're in a public place — just in case. And although we're in the same camp as Madeleine Albright — "optimists who worry a lot" about the country and the world — it's disturbing to remember that there are an estimated 400 million guns in America. (There are only 330 million people.)
It would probably be wise to brace ourselves for the distinct possibility that, if and when he's next indicted, Benedict Donald will foment violence. And since so many of his ardent fans are armed, that violence will surely involve guns. It's not reason enough to let Trump skate free, but it's something we need to be prepared for. We cats HISS.
(UPDATE: The white bitch in Ocala who shot the Black woman has been arrested. Lock her up and throw away the key.)
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