Seven years later, and despite the fact that nobody was killed, the idea that an armed gunman could arrive at a day-care, in a van filled with explosives, ammunition, and survivalist gear, and fire 70 rounds at the center’s staff and children, remains absolutely... unthinkable.
But what if those 70 rounds had actually killed 70 children? And what if, instead of just being isolated to Granada Hills, armed gunmen had entered 57 different nurseries across the country, each killing 70 helpless and utterly dependent children in the process? And what if it didn’t stop on August 10, 1999, but happened again on August 11 and August 12, and everyday of every year since? And what if, instead of targeting day-cares and nurseries, these men attacked the neonatal wards of every major hospital in America, daily wiping out 4,000 tiny, premature babies, who were barely clinging to life in the first place? And what if, instead of using Bushmaster rifles, they used suction machines that were so powerful they could suck the limbs off of these children, reducing them to a bloody, mangled mess in a matter of moments? And what if, instead of going after premature infants, they went after babies who were still inside their mothers’ wombs, and instead of being arrested for their violent rampage, they were handed a paycheck (subsidized with tax-payer money), and sent home, never to face any legal consequences for
