#nashville covenant

[ivovynckier]

Second Amendment: "The right to bare arms shall not be infringed."

Happy Easter holiday, folks!

[uvmagazine]

The six victims of the mass shooting at The Covenant School in Nashville Monday have been identified. Unheard Voices sends its condolences and prayers to everyone affected by this tragedy.

[seraphic-sapphic-safehaven]

I cannot believe that the same man I protested alongside for BLM during the summer of 2020 got elected to be a state representative.... just for other lawmakers to put in a formal request for him and 2 others to be removed this year. Why do they want him removed, you ask? BECAUSE HE PROTESTED WITH 10,000+ STUDENTS YESTERDAY FOR BETTER GUN LEGISLATION, THEIR RIGHT TO FEEL SAFE IN SCHOOL, AND MORE!!

Representative Justin Jones, also known as Brother Jones to many of us here in TN, does not deserve this. He's a fantastic organizer and now state legislator who has repeatedly put his body, mental health, and life on the line for countless people. And the other two Reps., Gloria Johnson and Justin Pearson, don't deserve it either. Especially not for joining people they're meant to represent in a fight for their safety and rights.

If you wanna help them, please call Speaker Cameron Sexton's office at +1-615-741-2343 and leave a voicemail demanding they not unlawfully remove Reps. Jones, Johnson, and Pearson from their rightfully-elected positions. You can leave a name, real or not, and number if you want, but you don't have to. You can also email Speaker Sexton at speaker.cameron.sexton@capitol.tn.gov.

PLEASE REBLOG THIS IF YOU SEE IT, AND PLEASE HELP IF YOU'RE WILLING AND ABLE TO!

[sixty-silver-wishes]

Really scared and angry right now about the Nashville shooting and its potential aftermath. First and foremost, my condolences go to the victims’ families, as well as the students and staff of the school, but I’m also really nervous about what this could mean for the trans community, given the perpetrator was trans. The actions of one individual do not define a population, but with the rise of anti-trans legislature and rhetoric in America, especially in conservative-majority states, I’m worried that this tragedy could be used to further persecute trans people and detract from the central issue of gun violence. I want to offer my support both to the people who are grieving and to the trans community, and am beyond angry at the politicians and public figures who are exploiting the shooting to further harm both trans people and victims of gun violence.

[hematite2]

Love how this latest shooting means that half the people are going to focus on 'the evil of trans people' and the other half will focus on 'the evil of guns', and absolutely nothing will be done to help people, but someone will end up violating your rights :)

[tomorrowusa]

As ABC News reports, Tennessee Republicans are in full blown thoughts and prayers mode. It doesn’t get more stereotypically Republican than this.

Nashville school shooting updates: Governor says now's not time to talk legislation

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee has called for prayers in the wake of Monday's deadly mass shooting at a Nashville elementary school, while noting that "there will be a time to talk about the legislation."

"I am calling on the people of Tennessee to pray. For the families of victims, for the Covenant family, for those courageous officers, for the family of the shooter, for those who are hurting and angry and confused," Lee, a Republican, said in a video address on Tuesday evening. "Prayer is the first thing we should do, but it's not the only thing."

GOP Gov. Lee says that prayer is “not the only thing”. The other thing of course is quietly reminding the NRA that Tennessee Republicans are sticking up for AR-15s at the expense of Tennessee schoolchildren.

NPR describes how Tennessee GOP gun culture helped the Covenant School shooter obtain a small arsenal.

How the Nashville shooter was able to legally buy 7 guns  

In the case of the Nashville shooting, police say the perpetrator was being treated for a mental health disorder, yet bought seven guns, including assault-style rifles, legally. Police say the shooter's parents thought their child should not have access, but Tennessee does not have a law to request guns are removed temporarily, commonly known as a red flag law. Democratic lawmakers have introduced that in the past, but Republicans didn't pass it.

The gerrymandered heavily GOP Tennessee legislature is where gun safety legislation goes to die – figuratively shot full of holes with assault rifles.

Republicans around the US in recent years have blamed mass shootings on mental illness. But when they had a chance to do something about guns and mental illness in Tennessee, they consciously chose to do nothing. 

For the GOP, action is never an option. Instead of making schools safer, they will fixate on far right culture war issues to juice up their gradually declining base.

[grits-galraisedinthesouth]

3 children & 3 adults 💔💔💔💔💔💔

"Never trade what you do know for what you don't know."

[bittersweetbangers]

every day something bad happens whether it's a new anti-lgbtq bill or a mass shooting and i just have to keep going? i have to keep working and going to school and promoting my music as if the world doesn't feel like it's constantly ending? i'm tired.

[entropieogchaos]

Murder Mayhem Suicide

We're not talking enough about the ONE thing all these mass murderers seem to have in common. No matter their background, ethnicity, gender, etc... they are ALL suicidal.

Maybe what we need to start talking about is why so many people in our society have become violently suicidal.

[lady-perpetua]

When you go about saying that there’s a massacre of trans people in the streets and the only way to stop it is violence against people you assume are at fault, you get demonic people like this who go to a CHRISTIAN SCHOOL to shoot up kids and staff people. 

Before any of you people try to defend this shooter, do you really want to associate them with your identity or group? That if one of you could go shoot up a Church or a Christian school then ALL OF YOU could? Is that the message you really want to send to people? That if Christians who don’t believe that you can change your sex or gender identity because God made us male and female then you need to respond with violence and death? That’s not an argument that’s a threat. By killing people you hate, you’re openly inviting not only the wrath of God but you’re inviting people who aren’t Christian but who’re definitely angry at entitled people who demand people change their way of speaking and seeing for the sake of feelings. 

God loves you. 

God loves every one of us. Jesus came to the world to die for our sins so we may join him in Heaven. When we accept him as our lord and savior we’re free from going to Hell. When we accept him as our lord and savior we’re free from paying the price of our sin because every one of us deserves Hell from the fact we’re all sinners. God doesn’t send anyone to hell, people choose to go to Hell when they reject Jesus. They choose to go to a place of eternal suffering and torment because they don’t want to accept Jesus’ love.

[audley-and-cherry]

There's nothing left to say.

We've been fighting against this- school shootings, mass shootings- for so long and it doesn't even fucking matter.

I don't know what to do anymore.

[spokanefavs]

Walter Hesford makes a powerful plea to end gun violence in America

"Every time our children (and others) are sacrificed to the gun, as they were in the March 27 shooting at Nashville’s Covenant School, we afterward hear that it was a 'senseless tragedy.' Far from it. Given our gun worship and their wide availability, deaths through gun violence unfortunately make perfect sense."

[arcwanderer]

Nashville Private School Shooting

I just wanted to put this on here in light of the tragic events that took place in my home city. I love my community with all my heart and to find out about the shooting at the Covenant School in Nashville this morning just broke my heart. My school, CPA and the Covenant are sister schools. Typically when you finish sixth grade at the Covenant (the school only has preschool through sixth) you go seventh through senior year at CPA. Many many of my good friends had younger siblings who went there or kids they babysat there etc. Thankfully none that I knew were fatally injured or wounded. However two of the adults that were killed in this shooting did have an impact on my school as well. Katherine Koonce was an amazing woman that lead many discussions and meetings on helping parents with parenting and child growth and development. She left a few years ago and became the Head Master/Mistress of the Covenant and was shot and killed today. I pray over anyone and everyone in the community - especially those who are friends or families of the three children and three adults killed this morning. Gun violence is now the number one most common death among children in the USA at this time and it is just disgusting. I pray over all the children who went to the Covenant school today and the children who found out during their lockdowns at other schools. If you’re seeing this post, please keep these sweet young children and these wonderful, hardworking adults in your hearts. If you are a believer, I deeply encourage you to pray over these people and their families.

Violence such as this is despicable and it has GOT to stop. Todays shooting is the 19th mass shooting at a school this year and IT IS ONLY FUCKING MARCH. The number for mass shootings this year in general are already over a hundred. People should be able to send their children to school and fully EXPECT that their kid or kids will come home safe and healthy. We MUST do better as a nation.

Thank you for taking the time to read over this. Thank you for taking the time to think over todays events and keeping these innocent people among your hearts.

-arcwanderer

[grits-galraisedinthesouth]

Please consider writing down the words: "Thank You" and then drop that paper or card off to your local firefighters and police officers & staff or drop the note into the mail. I know from experience that it doesn't need to be fancy.

Proverbs 16:24 Kind words are like honey sweet to the soul and healthy for the body.

“Kind words do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much.” Blaise Pascal

“With the help of grace, the habit of saying kind words is very quickly formed, and when once formed, it is not speedily lost.” Frederick W. Faber

“Perhaps you will forget tomorrow the kind words you say today, but the recipient may cherish them over a lifetime.” Dale Carnegie”

“Constant kindness can accomplish much. As the sun makes ice melt, kindness causes misunderstanding, mistrust, and hostility to evaporate.” Albert Schweitze

Good Samaritan

🚨I personally don't think our hearts and minds were created to absorb daily bad news and violence. I'm posting the bodycam video for our international friends who often hear terrible things about USA first responders. Our first responders have been demonized and thus demoralized because of a few rotten apples. They deserve our prayers & appreciation.

Good Samaritan

100 Year Old Community Member

[mszmaxbaby]

💔 No words. 😪