At least 4 dead, 30 wounded in Georgia School Shooting
Is it ever going to be enough? How many have to die for it to be enough?
At 10:20 a.m. a shooter, now in custody, opened fire at Apalachee High School, a few miles west of Athens, Georgia.
Within minutes, at least four people were killed and 30 or more were wounded. Georgia Governor Brian Kemp, the FBI, the White House and
“I have directed all available state resources to respond to the incident at Apalachee High School and urge all Georgians to join my family in praying for the safety of those in our classrooms, both in Barrow County and across the state,” Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp said in a statement.
“We will continue to work with local, state, and federal partners as we gather information and further respond to this situation,” Kemp added.
In a statement, the FBI’s Atlanta office said: “FBI Atlanta is aware of the current situation at Apalachee High School in Barrow County. Our agents are on scene coordinating with and supporting local law enforcement.”
The White House said President Joe Biden has been briefed by his Homeland Security Advisor, Liz Sherwood-Randall, about the shooting and the administration will coordinate with federal, state and local officials as it receives more information.
Apalachee High School has about 1,900 students, according to records from Georgia education officials. It became Barrow County’s second largest public high school when it opened in 2000, according to the Barrow County School System. It’s named after the Apalachee River on the southern edge of Barrow County.
The situation is developing, and early reports are incomplete and sometimes contain some inaccurate information.
Meanwhile, the question that will come up — that always comes up — is:
How many dead children will it take for us to stop believing people have a right to military grade weapons.
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The bastards on the Supreme Court who have forced the rest of us to revisit this nightmare over and over again made sure that they are safe from the carnage that they’ve unleashed, with their own workplace free from guns and their round-the-clock protection from the U.S.Marshals Service.
We need leadership on gun laws, and we need Harris-Walz to get it done.