what are thoughts and prayers without exertion give me a guideline on how to hide from a stranger shooting up a grocery store but ignore the warning signs of a mass shooter buy me a bulletproof vest to send my child to school in because we care more about the right to own a gun than the right to protect innocents this is not about what the rights are for, but for what they are being utilized we cannot have compassion for the wounded without outrage for the wound itself we cannot be okay with avoidable tragedies for the sake of pride