Keith Burgess-Jackson, J.D., Ph.D.

Made in Europe (1976).

Over the past week, we have seen three mass shootings with more than 30 dead and nearly 60 wounded, some seriously.

There have been shootings at concerts, movies, synagogues, churches and now, malls. Are we safe anywhere?

Adding fuel to the fire is Trump’s anti-immigrant and racist chants. It should be noted that the El Paso shooter was probably a white nationalist moved by anti-immigrant rhetoric into taking action.

Sadly, we are a gun culture society. The rate of murder and manslaughter by guns in America is highest in the industrialized world.

Despite the fact that most Americans favor an assault weapon ban and stricter background checks, nothing is being done by Congress. With Trump and the Republicans in the Senate beholden to the NRA, I doubt anything will happen.

We need more than the same platitudes: “Our prayers and thoughts are with you.”

The litmus test was Sandy Hook.

Barry Rabinowitz,

Plantation

Note from KBJ: Stop projecting your racism onto Donald Trump, Barry.

Donald Trump's approval rating is 49%. Barack Obama's approval rating at the same point of his presidency (6 August 2011) was 47%.

As they have learned in the last two years, our great American Farmers know that China will not be able to hurt them in that their President has stood with them and done what no other president would do – And I’ll do it again next year if necessary!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 6, 2019

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Here is Kurt Schlichter's latest column.

I’m still waiting for the media (including The Chronicle) to specifically indict President Trump as the primary cause of all these mass shootings. His demagogic rants against all “others.” His overt endorsement of white nationalism, his racist rants, all provide incentive for unstable haters to grab their guns and go looking for targets.

Of course, his pathological narcissism prevents him from even realizing that his actions are reprehensible. He lives in a self-created bubble (which is one of the prime elements of his mental illness). What saddens me most, as a 12th-generation American, is the abject failure of our political system to remove him from the White House (yesterday!) and put him in prison, where he belongs.

Worst, from my point of view is his success in evoking the worst elements of our society, to cheer him on. So, in the end, this whole debacle is as much an indictment of our society as of him. Is anybody in charge in this lunatic asylum?

Shorey Chapman, San Francisco

Note from KBJ: Get some mental help, Shorey. You're losing your mind.

Today, I am also directing the Department of Justice to propose legislation ensuring that those who commit hate crimes and mass murders face the DEATH PENALTY – and that this capital punishment be delivered quickly, decisively, and without years of needless delay. pic.twitter.com/BDXdpelK7F

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 5, 2019

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