It's 'pure evil' not guns responsible for the USA's runaway gun killings.

And, so 17 young lives are switched off at a school in Florida, USA. These lives were arbitrarily stolen by a former student of the school armed with a semi-automatic rifle. Research by Everytown for Gun Safety reports that so far in 2018 some 18 shootings have occurred inside or in the surroundings of schools. Of these 6 of the shootings have resulted in deaths or wounding of students.

President Trump is reported to be offering up prayers to the dead and wounded. Yes Donald, that will deflect their anger, their grief from the real problem in your country, the ease at which people can access guns.

The local Congressman, Ted Deutch, Tweeted: "I'm sick about this news from home. Just spoke with the sheriff. This is devastating."

"We have already begun to dissect his websites and things on social media that he was on and some of the things... are very, very disturbing," said Sheriff Israel. Sheriff, sure there are very disturbing things on websites and social media. We in the UK receive the same material on our websites. Except in the UK we don’t deal with these ‘disturbing things’ by going out and buying a gun with which to slaughter our ex class mates.  

Tweeting about the tragedy Marco Rubio, Florida Senator, stated the shooting spree was "designed & executed to maximize loss of life". Of course it was, Rubio. The man had a semi-automatic weapon with which to commit wholesale murder.  

Though Florida Governor Rick Scott believes the shooting and resultant deaths and wounding caused by the gunman was an act of "pure evil", Scott refused to engage in questions on gun control, instead he pleaded that: "There's a time to continue to have these conversations about how through law enforcement... we make sure people are safe,"

After the mass killings in Las Vegas last October Donald Trump addressed the nation stating that: “A gun man opened fire on a large crowd in Las Vegas…he brutally murdered more than 50 people and wounded 100s more. It was an act of pure evil”. Later that day when pressed by journalists on his plans for gun control, Trump blurted: “Now is not the right time to have the policy conversation”.

“Pure evil”. What a brilliantly constructed smokescreen. By playing on the religiosity of many Americans both these politicians have invoked the malevolent works of Satan. It isn’t guns that kill people. No, it is peoples’ weakness, their willingness to do the devil’s bidding. Ergo, Satan’s responsible for the deaths of 17 young Americans.

Trump and Co have elevated ‘bottom of the barrel scraping’ into a fine art. To play on peoples’ vulnerabilities in such a callous way is a mark of a truly lost man, a man beyond redemption. And so, the puppets move to the skilful manipulation of the puppet master, the NRA.