TW: Trauma, gun violence, harm.

While the world erupted around the murder of Charlie Kirk, three students were critically wounded that same afternoon in a shooting at Evergreen High School in the Colorado foothills. And real talk?

You probably missed it because national news focused more time and energy addressing the visceral murder of a white supremacist bigot and social media influencer.

You probably missed it because school shootings are as American as apple pie, to the point where they get national attention just to be forgotten in 30 minutes or less.

Let's be real: both situations shine a glaring light on the seemingly never-ending debate around sensible gun laws in the United States, currently the only major country in world history that refuses to address how dangerous guns are to the overall mental, physical, and emotional health and safety of the citizenry.

One dominated the airwaves because of the celebrity of it all.

One has already been relegated to a footnote in time.

Both situations leave this country's legislators, once again, refusing to address one of the biggest issues in this country: we really don't care about the lives of children in the United States.

It's really sickening to watch.

We don't care about the young minds who witnessed Charlie Kirk's murder. How do you think those young people are doing today, after witnessing a murder?

We don't care about the young minds who witnessed their school become a firing range in the Colorado foothills. How do you think those young people are doing today, after witnessing one of their classmates attempt to kill them?

These young folx are never going to be the same again. I can't imagine the trauma witnesses and victims endured during both of these events yesterday. Traumas like this have no boundaries and choose no favorites. And yet, no one in the news media is talking about the harm done to these young minds. Nope, it's flowery eulogies for a horrid man and a blink-and-you'll-miss-it coverage of a school shooting that isn't even in the news cycle anymore.

I hope these children have helpful and supportive families and communities that will help them heal...because this country sure as hell doesn't care if they live, die, or thrive.