Subject: Re: Charlie Kirk Shot in Utah
Some thoughts on "Thoughts and Prayers".

https://www.nationalreview.com...

It’s become fashionable on the political left to mock people who turn first to prayer in the instant aftermath of such things. But as people are calling on social media now for prayers for Charlie Kirk and his family after he appears to have been shot in an assassination attempt, we’re reminded of two perfectly sound and related reasons why we pray first, even above and beyond the reasons why prayer in general is both virtuous and comforting. One is that, of course, our second instinct in these situations — second only to ending an ongoing threat — is to think of the victims who are suffering. In Kirk’s case, as is often the case, that includes the fact that people seeing this event don’t immediately know if he’s going to make it or, if so, in what condition. First things first.

Very, very well said.

And just as important:
The related reason is that Do something should not be our very first response before we even know all the facts. Why did the shooter do this? How was he armed, and from what source? What led him here? How did he get in position to take the shot? These kinds of questions always follow, as they did with the school shooting in Minneapolis, or with the assassination of the speaker of the Minnesota house, or with the attempted assassination of Donald Trump. Of course, before changing things in response to any given event, it is usually a good idea to act deliberately rather than in a mad rush.