Guns. Shootings. Investigations...?

#2A #In-n-Out #TwinFalls #BiteOfSeattle

RantWoman cannot speak for everyone who probably felt understandable panic at the #BiteOfSeattle during the recent mass shooting. RantWoman and a friend were on our way home from a weekend trip when two police vehicles went screaming past us about 6 pm. Very quickly there was a post on Twitter / X "shooting at Seattle Center. Please avoid the area." That was all the info RantWoman needed for the moment.

Now, aside from police chief exit and transition drama, RantWoman is curious about LOTS of details. Investigators so far say the bullets fired by the 15-year-old arrested on the scene are not the bullets that killed the people who died. It is not clear based on information released so far how many bullets were fired from which guns and who fired the guns.

RantWoman is wondering: did some of the gunfire hit people who were just bystanders? Was the possible third shooter an armed civilian or somehow involved in whatever led up to the gunfire. RantWoman has no basis for speculating and will be very interested to see whether anything useful gets uploaded to the Seattle PD information portal.

In the meantime, just down the road, another mass shooting at the new #In-N-Out burger in Twin Falls, complete with an armed, and apparently well-trained civilian in the picture.

Readers absolutely are likely to find some of the perspectives in this video challenging.

RantWoman HAS OPINIONS on the other side.

RantWoman's opinions:

1. As with the Seattle Center shooting, RantWoman wants to know who fired the fatal bullets.

2. RantDad would not be the sort of father who would hand his daughter a handgun and tell her how to handle things. RantWoman really also considers it impractical even to make use of the provision in WA state law that allows legally blind people to get concealed carry permits.

3. RantWoman finders herself wondering whether there would be less gun-related STUPIDITY if EVERYONE were forced, say in high school, to take a gun safety class.

4. RantWoman recently received email from a Jewish friend who lives in a Southern state. Ahead of the coming High Holy Days, this friend's synagogue is offering training training basically about first aid for gunshot wounds. RantWoman so wishes that were not necessary.

5. Ditto for the gun check RantWoman and a young student visiting Seattle for a summer internship encountered when we went to a neighborhood Juneteenth celebration. RantWoman follows enough news to understand why, and yet...