The number of mass shootings in the U.S. over the last few decades dictates that we speak plainly and deal with it directly — and so far we've never done either one of those things. So Biden, speaking to reporters before leaving for Buffalo on Air Force One to mourn with the latest victims of a mass shooting, said it: "Look, part of what the country has to do is look in the mirror and face the reality. We have a problem with domestic terror. It's real."
No shit. And Biden was just as blunt speaking about domestic terrorism as he was in Poland a few weeks ago speaking about Vladimir Putin. There are many motives, many reasons behind the mass shootings. But the end result is always the same — to kill indiscriminately and by doing so to strike terror into anybody's hearts when they walk into mall, a church, a club, a restaurant or anyplace where people gather in large numbers.
