Guns keep killing people.
I’m just putting that out there.
I am just stating the obvious.
It is simply a fact.
It’s a fact that will continue
to prove itself correct 
each time
there is a shooting.
Guns kill people,
and they keep killing people. 
It is a fact.
It is.
It is common knowledge.
A common occurrence;
too common an occurrence
if you ask me, but 
you needn’t ask 
because the facts 
speak for themselves.
Guns. 
Kill. 
People.
They did yesterday, and
the day before, and 
last weekend multiple times 
in my city (more than most 
weekends, more than many
cities, and a lot more times 
this year). My city is really 
not that different 
from any other place where 
there are guns and people. 
Guns are everywhere.
People are everywhere.
Guns kill people.
They did yesterday in
a very noticeable way.
We will grieve the event
and question why. We will 
ask questions of ourselves
and questions of our
politicians and each other.
Fact.
And we will hope, and
we will pray, but
guns 
keep 
killing people
anyway.
It is a fact.
It is far too obvious.
How can we change 
the fact without 
allowing emotions 
to become involved. 
Just the facts.
How do we deal with 
a fact, and how can we 
alter the fact that guns 
kill people?
I’m just putting that out there.
Just the fact.

© 2018 j.g. lewis