Vanilla ISIS

Vanilla ISIS
by Karen Kay Remus (c) 2018

Two of Trump's 2016 campaign promises included:  a Mexican border wall to keep out "bad hombres" and a "secret plan to defeat ISIS."

However, as evidenced by the recent carnage at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, there is an even more imminent and increasingly common terrorist threat than that posed by any "foreigner" or group thereof, and that is:  American-born, mentally unstable persons with assault weapons in combination with a United States senate that refuses to pass sensible gun legislation.

Let us start by calling mass-shooting on American soil, “terrorism,” because by definition, that is exactly what it is.  Defeating this form of terrorism requires neither a “wall” nor a “secret plan,” but simply, sensible gun legislation.

However, because the legislators with the power to end this crisis--namely, our POTUS and senate--are heavily supported by pro-gun interests, they have a (bullet-proof) vested interest in perpetuating it.  I submit to you that they are the terrorists.

Let us speak out, petition, and vote until justice and peace prevail!