There were a lot of topics I considered
writing about tonight, but now there's a shooter at the Garden State
Plaza and all I can do is feel sick to my stomach.
Nothing is safe anymore. Not that
anything ever was truly safe, I understand that. Hell, there were
isolated incidents at my local malls where girls were followed or
some people had their arms slashed by creepy people hanging out in
the restroom hallways. I get it, the world is unsafe. But this is too
much.
The Garden State Plaza mall is
terrifyingly huge when you're adding an armed man to the mix. He
could be anywhere and there
are thousands of customers and employees stuck inside. It is
absolutely frightening and is making me seriously reconsider my idea
of working a seasonal retail job.
The
fact that simple decisions – like deciding to take a job at the
mall – are being challenged by the thought, well what if
there's a mass shooting, is
downright scary. That's the only word for it.
I
don't have a lot more to say because I'm not well-educated enough to
make a solid argument. All I know is we
have to do something differently.
We have to find a way to make it harder to buy guns and ammunition
and we have to figure out a new system to deal with the mental health
of our citizens. We have to fix this.
Actual story here: http://newjersey.news12.com/news/shots-fired-inside-garden-state-plaza-injuries-unclear-1.6379579
