Some reasons for the daily carnage

While the widely-reported shootings are regrettable, they are no worse than the daily carnage occurring in our country.

Take away citizens’ health care — and the frustration starts.

Gut the education system so these citizens’ kids don’t stand a chance in the job market, and the frustration builds.

Ruin the water supply and the frustration builds some more.

Foul the air these citizens breathe and the frustration mounts.

Strip or diminish their Social Security benefits and the frustration keeps growing.

Allow/encourage these citizens’ representatives to hide from town hall meetings and be unresponsive to attempts to communicate with them and the frustration continues to build.

Make sure the monied, non-constituent interests have access to and influence over the “elected” representatives, and here comes more frustration.

Allow the infrastructure to continue to deteriorate and watch the frustration grow.

Be dismissive of the evidence when citizens, mostly minorities, are being shot and killed by law enforcement and see the new levels of citizen frustration.

Now arm these citizens and see how armed citizens with nothing to lose express their frustration.

This story was originally published July 2, 2017 at 10:46 AM with the headline "Some reasons for the daily carnage."