recent shooting

i heard about yesterday's shooting a half our after it happened. i was in class and my friends told me 3 were confirmed dead.

later on the news they confirmed 10.

i just feel really sad, like i'm so angry but more sad. like i want gun laws to change and that's part of the angry part, you know like, why aren't they just changing them, or at least taking faster action, bc it's very clear what they have been doing isnt working, since that was the 3rd shooting in the past 7 days.

but i just feel so sad for the people who are gone now. like 10 people, that's 10 dreams that are never coming true, 10 people who will never graduate or go to college, or get married or start a carreer.

and i dont know why, but i keep thinking of what must have been happening in their lives at that point. like what if they've never had a first kiss? fell in love? or had a summer job? what if they were planning on getting a dog? what if it was almost their friends birthday or they were hoping to get home to open their package that finally arrived?

what if they were fighting with their best friend or their mom and they never got to patch things up bc they died before they got the chance? 10 entire people i've never met with lives, feelings, relationships, and grades and futures and plans. everything that goes into what makes a person just gone.