"School shootings" is a euphemism for "child massacres". Let's start calling them what they are.

They are child massacres. And we should ask our representatives and neighbors, and friends if they are for or against child massacres. Doing nothing = being pro child massacres. There's no wiggle room here because it's painfully obvious the current trajectory leads only to more young lives being sacrificed on the altar of the 2nd Amendment.

I get the sense that to a lot of Americans (the ones in favor of virtually limitless gun rights) this is all a philosophical exercise. Kids are getting massacred regularly and most Americans are standing by - even though I am sure they feel bad about it before they forget about it and go on with their lives.

The brave high schoolers from this most recent massacre have already stood up and walked out, and so have others elsewhere in the country. This needs to be encouraged. I really hope high schoolers will stage more walkouts and would love to see a national multi-day walkout. Even better would be if they would skip school to descend on their local representatives' offices to demand action, because I don't know what else will spark action.

I am calling these child massacres going forward. I just can't accept the prevalence of euphemisms like "school shootings" and "active shooter situation" anymore. It's a war situation. Kids watched classmates bleed out or have their face shot off, and it merits calling a spade a spade.