End of Pandemic Signs

 As of March 22, 2021, twenty five percent of  US adults have received at least one COVID vaccine shot. States are now allowing more people into bars, restaurants, churches, movie theaters, and health clubs. The first sign I noticed that we are getting back to normal is that mass shootings have resumed. Its been over a year since I recall hearing about any in the news. Now, we are averaging one or two per week since the beginning of March. President Biden today said he would do everything in his power to keep Americans safe. He pushed a pair of gun reforms, including a universal background check measure, and a ban on high-capacity magazines and assault weapons. The call for gun reform didn't come up when eight Asian-Americans were killed in Atlanta. The response focused on how to stop Asian hate crimes. Then, when the Colorado incident occurred, it was like wait a minute, didn't we have some gun control laws in the works before this pandemic started? 

For a someone who is mentally unstable, seeing people starting to gather again in larger groups is probably too hard to resist. Colorado requires a permit for concealed carry of a handgun. It must have happened fast, because no one had time to get their guns out. The first law enforcement officer that arrived wasn't able to stop the gunman and lost his life. They haven't found a motive yet, but the 21 year old shooter has an Arab sounding name. Hopefully he isn't part of a terrorism group. We don't need that non-sense starting up again. We have our own problems. Now that the weather is getting nice again, we can look forward to protests against racial profiling and hear how unequal everyone is. Live court room coverage of the Derek Chauvin trial starts on March 29. He's the ex-cop accused of causing the death of a 46-year-old black man in Minneapolis last year. The Minnesota National Guard will be part of a coordinated effort among city, county and state law enforcement officials during the trial. The Minneapolis City Council already approved a $27 million civil settlement for the family. Hopefully this will keep the protests from getting out of hand.